Andrei Zelevinsky
| Andrei Zelevinsky | |
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| Born |
January 30, 1953 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | April 10, 2013 Boston, United States |
| Nationality | Soviet Union United States |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Northeastern University |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Doctoral advisors | Israil Gelfand, Alexandre Kirillov |
| Doctoral students |
Arkady Berenstein Giovanni Cerulli Irelli Sachin Gautam Oleg Gleizer Daniel Labardini-Fragoso Jeanne Scott Ahmet Seven Salvatore Stella Thao Tran Shih-Wei Yang |
| Known for | Bernstein-Zelevinsky classification, Cluster algebras |
Andrei Vladlenovich Zelevinsky (Андрей Владленович Зелевинский; 30 January 1953 – 10 April 2013) was a Russian-American mathematician who made important contributions to algebra, combinatorics, and representation theory, among other areas.
Zelevinsky graduated in 1969 from the Moscow Mathematical School No. 2. After winning a silver medal as a member of the USSR team at the International Mathematical Olympiad he was admitted without examination to the mathematics department of Moscow State University where he obtained his PhD in 1978 under the mentorship of Joseph Bernstein, Alexandre Kirillov and Israel Gelfand.
He worked in the mathematical laboratory of Vladimir Keilis-Borok at the Institute of Earth Science (1977–85), and at the Council for Cybernetics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1985–90). In the early 1980s, at a great personal risk, he taught at the Jewish Peoples' University, an unofficial organization offering first-class mathematics education to talented students denied admission to Moscow State University's math department.
In 1990-91, Zelevinsky was a visiting professor at Cornell University, and from 1991 until his death was on faculty at Northeastern University, Boston. With his wife, Galina, he had a son and a daughter; he also had several grandchildren.
Zelevinsky's contributions include:
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