Igor Frenkel
Facts
18 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- April 22, 1952
- Place of birth
- Saint Petersburg
- Country of citizenship
- Soviet Union, United States[5][6]
- Occupation
- mathematician, university teacher
- Field of work
- representation theory, mathematical physics, mathematician[7][8][9]
- Doctoral advisor
- Howard Garland[14]
- Doctoral student
- Pavel Etingof, Alexander Kirillov, Jr., Minhyong Kim, Naihuan Jing, Maxim Y. Vybornov, Konstantin Styrkas, Yongchang Zhu, Jintai Ding, Harold K. Knight, Jr., John Edward Fischer, Jr., Anton Malkin, Anna Lachowska, Alistair Rowland John Savage, Anthony Michael Licata, John F R Duncan, Joshua Sussan, Ivan Chi-Ho Ip, Anton Mikhailovich Zeitlin, Hyun Kyu Kim, Florencia Orosz Hunziker, Minxian Zhu, Mikhail Khovanov[20][21][22][23][24]
- Academic degree
- doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy
- Family name
- Frenkel
- Given name
- Igor
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Residence
- New Haven
- ISNI
- 0000000115878260
- VIAF cluster ID
- 4992674
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n88021666
- GND ID
- 172080584
- All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
- 23721
- Awards & Winners artist ID
- 0c_s15
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12281730j
- Freebase ID
- /m/0c_s15
- Guggenheim fellows ID
- igor-b-frenkel
- IdRef ID
- 031640281
- MR Author ID
- 69225
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 14975
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- NLab ID
- Igor Frenkel
- NUKAT ID
- n01718021
- National Academy of Sciences member ID
- 20044133
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007509639005171
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 087718391
- Prabook ID
- 2360831
- SBN author ID
- MILV015555
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 45192
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJbGQjF3pftfgrKXMxf8YP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/91c9c18c-4a00-4f24-a9d9-54eced0ff1ef
- ZbMATH author ID
- frenkel.igor-b
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Academic degree 2
Award received 2
Country of citizenship 2
Educated at 2
Employer 2
Occupation 2
Doctoral student 1
Doctoral students 1
Family name 1
Instance of 1
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Summary
Igor Frenkel's place of birth was Saint Petersburg[1]. He was born on April 22, 1952[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].
Body
Education
Educated at Saint Petersburg State University[12], a public university[25], in Russia[26], founded in 1724[27], headquartered in Saint Petersburg[28] and Yale University[13], a private university[29], in United States[30], founded in 1701[31], headquartered in New Haven[32]. Academic degrees include doctorate[33] and Doctor of Philosophy[34].
Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include representation theory[7], a branch of mathematics[35]; mathematical physics[8], a branch of mathematics[36]; and mathematician[9], a profession[37]. Employers include Rutgers University[10], a public research university[38], in United States[39], founded in 1766[40] and Yale University[11], a private university[41], in United States[42], founded in 1701[43], headquartered in New Haven[44]. Doctoral students include Pavel Etingof[20], a mathematician[45], b. 1969[46], of Soviet Union[47], specialised in applied mathematics[48]; Alexander Kirillov, Jr.[21], a mathematician[49], b. 1901[50], of United States[51], specialised in mathematics[52]; Minhyong Kim[22], a mathematician[53], b. 1963[54], of South Korea[55], awarded the Ho-Am Prize in Science[56]; Naihuan Jing[23], a mathematician[57]; Maxim Y. Vybornov[24]; and Konstantin Styrkas[58].
Recognition
Awards received include Guggenheim Fellowship[15], a fellowship grant[59], in United States[60], founded in 1925[61] and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[16], a fellowship award[62].
Why It Matters
He is credited with the discovery of vertex operator algebra[63].
His notable doctoral advisees include Mikhail Khovanov[64], a mathematician[65], b. 1972[66], of Soviet Union[67], specialised in topology[68].
FAQs
Where was Igor Frenkel born?
Born in Saint Petersburg[1].
What did Igor Frenkel do for work?
Igor Frenkel worked as mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].
Where did Igor Frenkel go to school?
Igor Frenkel was educated at Saint Petersburg State University[12] and Yale University[13].
What awards did Igor Frenkel receive?
Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[15] and Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[16].
What did Igor Frenkel discover?
Igor Frenkel is credited as discoverer of vertex operator algebra[63].