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Maxim Kontsevich

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Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich, born in 1964, is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist. A professor at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami, he received the Henri Poincare Prize in 1997, the Fields Medal in 1998, the Crafoord Prize in 2008, the Shaw Prize and the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in 2012, and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics in 2015.

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Birth Year
1964 1
Nationality
France 1
Nationality
Russia 1
Nationality
Soviet Union 1
Notable Work
Kontsevich invariant 1
Birthplace
Khimki, Russia 1
Field
Field (category)
Mathematics 1
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1. Maxim Kontsevich (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Soviet Union
    Q15180
  • P19 (place of birth): Khimki, Russia
    Q197582
  • P27 (country of citizenship): France
    Q142
  • P800 (notable work): Kontsevich invariant
    Q623129
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Russia
    Q159
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Maxim Kontsevich (Wikipedia)
  • Works In: Physics, Lead sentence
    Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich (, ; born 25 August 1964) is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist.
  • Works In: Mathematics, Lead sentence
    Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich (, ; born 25 August 1964) is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist.
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