Mathematical Sciences

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov

France / December 23, 1943
Mathematician; Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France; Professor, Courant Institute, New York University

"Outstanding contribution through dramatic developments in a range of mathematical fields by introducing the innovative method of a metric structure for families of various geometrical objects"
Professor Gromov's original insights integrate a variety of fields - including geometry, algebra, and analysis - and have had a substantial impact on all the mathematical sciences. Through the application of innovative ideas and radical nontraditional mathematical methods, he has made major breakthroughs that solve numerous complicated problems in modern geometry.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

1943	Born in Boksitogorsk, Russia
1965	Leningrad University (Mathematics) M.S.
1969	Leningrad University (Mathematics) Ph.D.
1967-1974	Assistant Professor, Leningrad University
1974-1981	Professor, University of New York, Stony Brook
1981-1982	Professor, University of Paris VI
1982-present	Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHES) near Paris, France
1996-present	Professor, Courant Institute, New York University

AWARDS AND HONORS

1971	Award of the Mathematical Society of Moscow
1981	The Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry, American Mathematical Society
1984	Elie Cartan Prize, French Academy of Sciences
1993	The Wolf Prize
1997	Lobachevskii Medal Leroy P. Steele Prize, American Mathematical Society
1999	Balzan Prize
Members:	US National Academy of Sciences, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, French Academy of Sciences Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva

MAJOR WORKS

1981	Curvature, Diameter and Betti Numbers, Comm.Math.Helv., 56, 179
1985	Manifolds of Non-positive Curvature, Progress in Mathematics, 61 (with W. Ballmann and others)
1986	Partial Differential Relations, Ergeb. Math., 9, Springer-Verlag
1987	Hyperbolic groups, in Essays on Group Theory, MSRI Pub., 8. Springer-Verlag
1993	Asymptotic Invariants of Infinite Groups, in Geometric Group Theory, G. Noble and others eds., London Math. Soc., 75
1999	Metric Structures for Riemannian and non-Riemanian Manifolds, (with M. La Fontaine and P. Pansu), Birkhäuser, Bâle

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