Mikhael Gromov (mathematician)

Mikhael Gromov
Mikhael Gromov
Михаил Громов
	Gromov in 2014
Born	23 December 1943; Boksitogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian and French
Education	Leningrad State University (PhD)
Known for	List Geometric group theory; Symplectic geometry; Systolic geometry; Gromov boundary; Gromov's compactness theorem (geometry); Gromov's compactness theorem (topology); Gromov's theorem on groups of polynomial growth; Gromov–Hausdorff convergence; Gromov–Ruh theorem; Gromov–Witten invariant; Gromov hyperbolic group; Gromov δ-hyperbolic space; Gromov norm; Gromov product; Gromov topology; Gromov's inequality for complex projective space; Gromov's systolic inequality; Bishop–Gromov inequality; Asymptotic dimension; Essential manifold; Filling area conjecture; Filling radius; Mean dimension; Minimal volume; Non-squeezing theorem; Pseudoholomorphic curve; Random group; Sofic group; Systolic freedom; 2π theorem
Awards	Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1981); Wolf Prize (1993); Balzan Prize (1999); Kyoto Prize (2002); Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2004); Bolyai Prize (2005); Abel Prize (2009)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques; New York University
Doctoral advisor	Vladimir Rokhlin
Doctoral students	Denis Auroux; François Labourie; Pierre Pansu; Mikhail Katz

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (also Mikhail Gromov, Michael Gromov or Misha Gromov; Russian: Михаи́л Леони́дович Гро́мов; born 23 December 1943) is a Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, analysis and group theory. He is a permanent member of Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France and a professor of mathematics at New York University.

Gromov has won several prizes, including the Abel Prize in 2009 "for his revolutionary contributions to geometry".