Vladimir Drinfel'd

Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfel'd (Russian: Владимир Гершонович Дринфельд, Ukrainian: Володимир Гершонович Дрінфельд; born February 4, 1954 in the Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian and Soviet mathematician currently working in the USA. The work of Drinfel'd related algebraic geometry over finite fields with number theory, especially the theory of automorphic forms, through the notions of elliptic module and the theory of the geometric Langlands corresp... more

Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfel'd (Russian: Владимир Гершонович Дринфельд, Ukrainian: Володимир Гершонович Дрінфельд; born February 4, 1954 in the Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian and Soviet mathematician currently working in the USA. The work of Drinfel'd related algebraic geometry over finite fields with number theory, especially the theory of automorphic forms, through the notions of elliptic module and the theory of the geometric Langlands correspondence. Drinfel'd introduced the notion of a quantum group (independently discovered by Michio Jimbo at the same time) and made important contributions into mathematical physics, including the ADHM construction of instantons, algebraic formalism of the Quantum Inverse Scattering Method, and the Drinfel'd–Sokolov reduction in the theory of solitons. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1990. In 1969, at the age of 15, Vladimir Drinfel'd represented the Soviet Union at the International Mathematics Olympiad in Bucharest, Romania, and won a gold... less