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Dmitry Burago

b. 1964

Russian mathematician

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About Dmitry Burago

Born 1964. Dmitry Burago is a Russian mathematician.

Dmitri Yurievich Burago (, born May 17, 1964) is a leading Russian-American mathematician, specializing in differential, Riemannian, Finsler geometry, geometric analysis, dynamical systems, and applications to mathematical physics.

He is the son of the celebrated Geometer and Russian mathematician Yuri Burago, with whom he also published well known book on metric geometry. Burago studied at 45th Physics-Mathematics School. Burago received his doctorate in 1994 at Saint Petersburg State University under the supervision of Anatoly Vershik. He was at the Steklov Institute in Saint Petersburg and is now a professor at Pennsylvania State University's Center for Dynamical Systems and Geometry.

In 1992, he was awarded the prize of the Saint Petersburg Mathematical Society. In 1998, he was an Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin. In 2014, he was awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize with Yuri Burago and Sergei Vladimirovich Ivanov for their book A course in metric geometry.

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Important facts

Born
17 May 1964, Saint Petersburg
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Mathematician
Nationality
Soviet Union, Russia
Education
Mathematics and Mechanics Faculty, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg State University
Employers
Pennsylvania State University
Awards
Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition
Also known as
Dmitri Yurievich Burago

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Dmitry Burago was born on 17 May 1964 in Saint Petersburg.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Dmitry Burago

· Wikidata: Q15401870

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