Svetlana Jitomirskaya
Svetlana Jitomirskaya | |
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Світлана Житомирська | |
| Born | June 4, 1966 |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | Ten martini problem |
| Awards | Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics (2005) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2020) Olga Ladyzhenskaya Prize (2022) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Spectral and Statistical Properties of Lattice Hamiltonians (1991) |
| Doctoral advisor | Yakov Sinai |
Svetlana Yakovlevna Jitomirskaya (born June 4, 1966) is a mathematician working on dynamical systems and mathematical physics. She is a distinguished professor of mathematics at Georgia Tech and UC Irvine. She is best known for solving the ten martini problem along with mathematician Artur Avila.