Yuri Dmitrievich Burago
Encyclopedia
Yuri Dmitrievich Burago (born 1936) is a Russia
n mathematician
. He works in differential and convex geometry
.
, where he obtained his Ph.D.
and Habilitation
degrees. His advisors were Victor Zalgaller
and Aleksandr Aleksandrov
.
Burago is the head of the Laboratory of Geometry and Topology that is part of the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics
. He took part in a report for the United States Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union
.
, who solved the Poincare conjecture
, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems
. Burago was an advisor to Perelman during the latter's post-graduate research at St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics
.
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n 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....
. He works in differential and convex geometry
Convex geometry
Convex geometry is the branch of geometry studying convex sets, mainly in Euclidean space.Convex sets occur naturally in many areas of mathematics: computational geometry, convex analysis, discrete geometry, functional analysis, geometry of numbers, integral geometry, linear programming,...
.
Education and career
Burago studied at Leningrad UniversitySaint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg State University is a Russian federal state-owned higher education institution based in Saint Petersburg and one of the oldest and largest universities in Russia....
, where he obtained his Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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and Habilitation
Habilitation
Habilitation is the highest academic qualification a scholar can achieve by his or her own pursuit in several European and Asian countries. Earned after obtaining a research doctorate, such as a PhD, habilitation requires the candidate to write a professorial thesis based on independent...
degrees. His advisors were Victor Zalgaller
Victor Zalgaller
Victor Abramovich Zalgaller is a mathematician in the fields of geometry and optimization. He is best known for his results on convex polyhedra, linear and dynamic programming, isoperimetry, and differential geometry....
and Aleksandr Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov , and Alexandrov ) , was a Soviet/Russian mathematician, physicist, philosopher and mountaineer.- Scientific career :...
.
Burago is the head of the Laboratory of Geometry and Topology that is part of the St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics
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...
. He took part in a report for the United States Civilian Research and Development Foundation for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
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Works
His other books and papers include:- Geometry III: Theory of Surfaces (1992)
- Potential Theory and Function Theory for Irregular Regions (1969)
- Isoperimetric inequalities in the theory of surfaces of bounded external curvature (1970)
Students
He has advised Grigori PerelmanGrigori Perelman
Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman is a Russian mathematician who has made landmark contributions to Riemannian geometry and geometric topology.In 1992, Perelman proved the soul conjecture. In 2002, he proved Thurston's geometrization conjecture...
, who solved the Poincare conjecture
Poincaré conjecture
In mathematics, the Poincaré conjecture is a theorem about the characterization of the three-dimensional sphere , which is the hypersphere that bounds the unit ball in four-dimensional space...
, one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems
Clay Mathematics Institute
The Clay Mathematics Institute is a private, non-profit foundation, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Institute is dedicated to increasing and disseminating mathematical knowledge. It gives out various awards and sponsorships to promising mathematicians. The institute was founded in 1998...
. Burago was an advisor to Perelman during the latter's post-graduate research at St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics
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...
.
External links
- Burago's page on the site of Steklov Mathematical Institute
- Yuri Dmitrievich Burago in the Oberwolfach Photo CollectionMathematical Research Institute of OberwolfachThe Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach in Oberwolfach, Germany, was founded by mathematician Wilhelm Süss in 1944...