Mathematician:Sergei Petrovich Novikov

Mathematician

Russian mathematician noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory.

Fields Medal

Sergei Petrovich Novikov was awarded a Fields Medal in $\text {1970}$ at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Nice, France:

Made important advances in topology, the most well-known being his proof of the topological invariance of the Pontryagin classes of the differentiable manifold. His work included a study of the cohomology and homotopy of Thom spaces.

Wolf Prize

Sergei Petrovich Novikov was awarded a Wolf Prize for Mathematics in $\text {2005}$:

For his fundamental and pioneering contributions to algebraic and differential topology, and to mathematical physics, notably the introduction of algebraic-geometric methods.

Nationality

Russian

History

• Born: 20 March 1938 in Gorky, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Theorems and Definitions

• Novikov Conjecture
• Novikov's Compact Leaf Theorem
• Novikov Inequality

• Novikov-Shubin Invariant (with Mikhail Aleksanrovich Shubin)
• Novikov-Veselov Equation (with A.P. Veselov) (also known as Veselov-Novikov Equation)

• Novikov Ring

• Adams–Novikov Spectral Sequence (with John Frank Adams)
• Krichever-Novikov Algebra (with Igor M. Krichever)
• Morse-Novikov Theory (with Harold Calvin Marston Morse)

• Wess-Zumino-Novikov-Witten Model (with Julius Erich Wess, Bruno Zumino and Edward Witten) (also known as Wess-Zumino-Witten Model or WZW Model)

Results named for Sergei Petrovich Novikov can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Sergei Petrovich Novikov can be found here.

Publications

• 1985: Topics in Topology and mathematical physics

Also known as

In Russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Но́виков

Also known as Serguei

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Sergei Petrovich Novikov": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive