Yakov G. Sinai

Yakov Grigorevich Sinai (Russian: Яков Григорьевич Синай; born September 21, 1935) is a mathematician. He has obtained numerous results in the theory of dynamical systems, in mathematical physics and in probability theory. Especially his works on metric theory of dynamical systems (also often called after Kolmogorov the theory of stochasticity of dynamical systems). Sinai has worked on deterministic (dynamical) systems and probabilistic (stochast... more

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  • Sep 21, 1935 (age 74 years)

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Year Award Notes/Description
  • 2002
  • 1996
  • for his fundamental contributions to mathematically rigorous methods in statistical mechanics and the ergodic theory of dynamical systems and their applications in physics.
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