Nikolai Durov
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Nikolai Durov (born 1980) is a Russian
mathematician
and programmer
. He is one of the founders of Vkontakte.ru
web site.
, winning a gold medal in every of the three contests he took part in. He had been a member of Saint-Petersburg State University ACM
team, which won the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
in 2000 and 2001.
having received another PhD under supervision of Gerd Faltings
. Durov introduced commutative algebraic monads as a generalization of local objects in a generalized algebraic geometry
. Versions of a tropical geometry
, of an absolute geometry over a field with one element
and an algebraic analogue of Arakelov geometry were realized in this setup. Currently Durov works as a lead developer of vkontakte.ru team. He also holds the position of a senior research fellow at the laboratory of algebra at the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences
.
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and programmer
Programmer
A programmer, computer programmer or coder is someone who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to...
. He is one of the founders of Vkontakte.ru
Vkontakte.ru
VKontakte is a Russian social network service popular in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Belarus. VK offers a striking similarity in design and functionality to its US rival Facebook, and as such has been described as a "Facebook clone." Like Facebook, VK allows users to message contacts...
web site.
Early life and education
In 1996, 1997 and 1998 Durov participated in the International Mathematical OlympiadInternational Mathematical Olympiad
The International Mathematical Olympiad is an annual six-problem, 42-point mathematical olympiad for pre-collegiate students and is the oldest of the International Science Olympiads. The first IMO was held in Romania in 1959. It has since been held annually, except in 1980...
, winning a gold medal in every of the three contests he took part in. He had been a member of Saint-Petersburg State University ACM
ACM
ACM is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* Alkyl acrylate copolymer, a type of rubber commonly found in automotive transmissions and hoses* Arnold-Chiari malformation* Asbestos Containing Material* Association for Computing Machinery...
team, which won the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is an annual multi-tiered computer programming competition among the universities of the world. The contest is sponsored by IBM. Headquartered at Baylor University, with autonomous regions on six continents, the ICPC is directed by Baylor Professor...
in 2000 and 2001.
Career
He received his first PhD from Saint-Petersburg State University in 2005. He continued his mathematical education at the University of BonnUniversity of Bonn
The University of Bonn is a public research university located in Bonn, Germany. Founded in its present form in 1818, as the linear successor of earlier academic institutions, the University of Bonn is today one of the leading universities in Germany. The University of Bonn offers a large number...
having received another PhD under supervision of Gerd Faltings
Gerd Faltings
Gerd Faltings is a German mathematician known for his work in arithmetic algebraic geometry.From 1972 to 1978, he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Münster. In 1978 he received his PhD in mathematics and in 1981 he got the venia legendi in mathematics, both from the University...
. Durov introduced commutative algebraic monads as a generalization of local objects in a generalized algebraic geometry
Algebraic geometry
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which combines techniques of abstract algebra, especially commutative algebra, with the language and the problems of geometry. It occupies a central place in modern mathematics and has multiple conceptual connections with such diverse fields as complex...
. Versions of a tropical geometry
Tropical geometry
Tropical geometry is a relatively new area in mathematics, which might loosely be described as a piece-wise linear or skeletonized version of algebraic geometry. Its leading ideas had appeared in different guises in previous works of George M...
, of an absolute geometry over a field with one element
Field with one element
In mathematics, the field with one element is a suggestive name for an object that should behave similarly to a finite field with a single element, if such a field could exist. This object is denoted F1, or, in a French-English pun, Fun...
and an algebraic analogue of Arakelov geometry were realized in this setup. Currently Durov works as a lead developer of vkontakte.ru team. He also holds the position of a senior research fellow at the laboratory of algebra at the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences
St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences
The St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences for "Петербургское отделение Математического института", Petersburg Department of the Mathematical Institute) is a mathematical research institute in St. Petersburg, part of the Russian Academy of...
.