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Vladimir Drinfeld

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Vladimir Gershonovich Drinfeld (Ukrainian: Володи́мир Ге́ршонович Дрінфельд; born February 14, 1954), surname also romanized as Drinfel'd, is a mathematician from Ukraine, who immigrated to the United States and works at the University of Chicago. Drinfeld's work connected 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. Drinfeld introduced the notion of a quantum group (independently discovered by Michio Jimbo at the same time) and made important contributions to mathematical physics, including the ADHM construction of instantons, algebraic formalism of the quantum inverse scattering method, and the Drinfeld–Sokolov reduction in the theory of solitons. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vladimir Drinfeld is the 373rd most popular mathematician (up from 678th in 2019), the 306th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 682nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Ukrainian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Vladimir Drinfeld ranks 373 out of 1,004. Before him are Martin Davis, Lars Hörmander, Zhu Shijie, Daina Taimiņa, Sergei Sobolev, and Antoine Gombaud. After him are Michael Maestlin, László Lovász, Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, John Milnor, Raymond Smullyan, and Guillaume Postel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Vladimir Drinfeld ranks 133. Before him are Phil Rudd, Anthony Minghella, Haluk Bilginer, Daina Taimiņa, Lina Romay, and Katey Sagal. After him are Al Di Meola, Elvis Costello, Dieter Müller, Uli Jon Roth, Annie Sprinkle, and Francisco Guterres.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Vladimir Drinfeld ranks 306 out of 1,365. Before him are Peter Wittgenstein (1768), Vsevolod Garshin (1855), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), Nikolai Kibalchich (1853), Nicolae Văcăroiu (1943), and Filaret (1929). After him are Haim Arlosoroff (1899), Zalmoxis (-713), Emanuel Ringelblum (1900), Grigory Petrovsky (1878), Gregor Piatigorsky (1903), and Rostislav I of Kiev (1110).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Ukraine

Among mathematicians born in Ukraine, Vladimir Drinfeld ranks 11. Before him are Tatyana Afanasyeva (1876), Anatoly Fomenko (1945), Richard von Mises (1883), Israel Gelfand (1913), Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), and Alfred J. Lotka (1880). After him are Igor Shafarevich (1923), Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880), Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (1891), Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz (1890), Pavel Urysohn (1898), and Georgy Voronoy (1868).

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