Ari Laptev is a mathematician working on the spectral theory

Spectral theory

In mathematics, spectral theory is an inclusive term for theories extending the eigenvector and eigenvalue theory of a single square matrix to a much broader theory of the structure of operators in a variety of mathematical spaces. It is a result of studies of linear algebra and the solutions of...

 of partial differential equations.

His PhD was obtained in 1978 at Leningrad State University under the supervision of Michael Solomyak.

He is currently Professor at both the KTH in Stockholm and Imperial College London

Imperial College London

Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...

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From 2001 to 2003 Laptev served as the President of the Swedish Mathematical Society.

In the years 2007–2010 he served as the President of the European Mathematical Society

European Mathematical Society

The European Mathematical Society is a European organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Europe. Its members are different mathematical societies in Europe, academic institutions and individual mathematicians...

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In April 2007 he was awarded the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award

Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award

The Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award is an award to outstanding scientists holding posts at UK universities. It is administered by the Royal Society and jointly funded by the Wolfson Foundation and the UK Office of Science and Technology, this scheme aims to give universities additional...

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Laptev is the Deputy Chief Editor for the Journal of Spectral Theory and an Editorial Board member for Arkiv för Matematik.

Other sources

• http://www.ma.ic.ac.uk/~alaptev/CV/Laptev_CV_Imperial.pdf