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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsYakov G. Sinai
Dates
September 21, 1935 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Sinai, Yakov G.
Additional Forms of Names
Sinai, IA. G. ((IAkov Grigor'evitx)), 1935-
Sinai, IAkov Grigor'evich, 1935-
Sinai, Jakov Grigorʹevich
Sinaï, Iakov Grigorievitch, 1935-
Sinaĭ, I︠A︡. G. (I︠A︡kov Grigorʹevich), 1935-
Sinaj, Âkov Grigor'evič, 1935-
Sinaj, Jakov G., 1935-
Sinaj, Jakov Grigor'jevič, 1935-
Синай, Яков Григорьевич
Biography
Abstract
Yakov Sinai is Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. Other institutional affiliations include Moscow State University. His research interests include probabilistic and statistical methods.
Important Dates
September 21, 1935Birth, Moscow (Russia).
1957Obtained BS, Moscow State University (Moskovskiii gosudarstvennyii universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1960Obtained PhD, Moscow State University (Moskovskiii gosudarstvennyii universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1960 – 1993Scientific Researcher, Laboratory of Probabilistic and Statistical Methods (1960-1971) and Professor (1971-1993), Moscow State University (Moskovskiii gosudarstvennyii universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Moscow (Russia).
1971 – presentSenior Researcher, Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, Academy of Sciences of Russia, Moscow (Russia).
1990Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society.
1993 – presentProfessor of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1997Awarded Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics.
1999Member, National Academy of Sciences.
Occupation
Theoretical mathematician.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Princeton University.
Kruskal, Martin D. (Martin David), 1925-2006
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics
Senior Researcher.
Moskovskiii gosudarstvennyii universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova
Scientific Researcher, Laboratory of Probabilistic and Statistical Methods, and Professor.
Princeton University. Department of Mathematics
Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1990 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
Wolf Foundation Prizes
Received 1997 Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics.