Anatole Katok

Anatole Katok
Анатолий Борисович Каток
Born(1944-08-09)August 9, 1944
DiedApril 30, 2018(2018-04-30) (aged 73)
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forImportant contributions to ergodic theory and dynamical systems
Scientific career
FieldsMathematicsdynamical systems
Institutions
Doctoral advisorYakov Sinai

Anatoly Borisovich Katok (Russian: Анатолий Борисович Каток; August 9, 1944 – April 30, 2018) was an American mathematician with Russian-Jewish origins. Katok was the director of the Center for Dynamics and Geometry at the Pennsylvania State University. His field of research was the theory of dynamical systems.