Grigory Margulis

Russian mathematician
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Summary

Grigory Margulis was born on February 24, 1946[1], in Moscow[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (992 views/month, #7,259 of 1,000,298).[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Soviet Union[6], United States[7]
  • Field of work: Lie group[8], algebra[9], mathematics[10]
  • Employer: Yale University[11]
  • Doctoral advisor: Yakov Sinai[12]
  • Award received: Fields medal[13], Lobachevsky Prize[14], Humboldt Prize[15], Wolf Prize in Mathematics[16], Abel Prize[17], honorary doctorate of Claude Bernard University Lyon 1[18], honorary doctorate from ENS[19]
  • Member of: National Academy of Sciences[20], American Academy of Arts and Sciences[21], American Mathematical Society[22], European Academy of Sciences[23]
  • Sex or gender: male[24]
  • Doctoral student: Emmanuel Breuillard[25], Hee Oh[26], Aaram Yun[27], Yan Gao[28], Azer Akhmedov[29], Tai-Hing Dennis Hui[30], Lucy Lifschitz[31], Dmitry Yanovich Kleinbock[32], Mikhail V. Ershov[33], Bengt Anders Karlsson[34], Roman Muchnik[35], Seonhee Lim[36], Keivan Mallahi-Karai[37], Tal Poznansky[38]
  • Commons category: Grigory Margulis[39]
  • Given name: Grigory[40]
  • Student of: Yakov Sinai[41]
  • Participant in: International Mathematical Olympiad[42], All-Russian Mathematical Olympiad of general education students[43]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Russian[44]
  • Name in native language: Григо́рий Алекса́ндрович Маргу́лис[45]
  • Erdős number: 3[46]

Why It Matters

Grigory Margulis has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] He is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

His notable doctoral advisees include Hee Oh[49], a mathematician[50], b. 1969[51], of South Korea[52], awarded the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics[53].

FAQs

Where was Grigory Margulis born?

Grigory Margulis was born in Moscow[2].

What did Grigory Margulis do for work?

Grigory Margulis worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

What awards did Grigory Margulis receive?

Honors received include Fields medal[13], Lobachevsky Prize[14], Humboldt Prize[15], and Wolf Prize in Mathematics[16].

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  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . mrr.centre-mersenne.org. Retrieved . mrr.centre-mersenne.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . mathunion.org. Retrieved . mathunion.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . medal.kpfu.ru. medal.kpfu.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . humboldt-foundation.de. humboldt-foundation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wolffund.org.il. Retrieved . wolffund.org.il. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . abelprize.no. Retrieved . abelprize.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . univ-lyon1.fr. univ-lyon1.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ens.psl.eu. ens.psl.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [34] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  29. [35] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  30. [36] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  31. [37] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  32. [38] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  33. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [20] ↑ . nasonline.org. Retrieved . nasonline.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [21] ↑ . amacad.org. Retrieved . amacad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [22] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [23] ↑ . eurasc.eu. Retrieved . eurasc.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  39. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [5] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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