Sergey Fomin
Sergey Fomin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 February 1958 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University (Ph.D., M.Sc) |
| Known for | Cluster algebras |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Michigan MIT (1992–2000) |
| Thesis | Rates of Convergence in Multidimensional Central Limit Theorem (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Anatoly Vershik Leonid Osipov |
Sergey Vladimirovich Fomin (Сергей Владимирович Фомин) (born 16 February 1958 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is a Russian American mathematician who has made important contributions in combinatorics and its relations with algebra, geometry, and representation theory. Together with Andrei Zelevinsky, he introduced cluster algebras.