Ludvig Faddeev | |
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Людвиг Фаддеев | |
.jpg) Faddeev in 2010 | |
| Born | (1934-03-23)23 March 1934 |
| Died | 26 February 2017(2017-02-26) (aged 82) |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State University |
| Known for | Faddeev equations Faddeev–Popov ghosts Faddeev–Senjanovic quantization Faddeev–Jackiw quantization Quantum dilogarithm Quantum inverse scattering method Yangian |
| Awards | Dannie Heineman Prize (1975) Dirac Prize (1990) Max Planck Medal (1996) Pomeranchuk Prize (2002) Demidov Prize (2002) Poincaré Prize (2006) Shaw Prize (2008) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics,theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Steklov Institute of Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Olga Ladyzhenskaya |
| Doctoral students | Vladimir Buslaev Nicolai Reshetikhin Samson Shatashvili Evgeny Sklyanin Leon Takhtajan Vladimir Korepin |
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev (alsoLudwig Dmitriyevich;Russian:Лю́двиг Дми́триевич Фадде́ев; 23 March 1934 – 26 February 2017) was aSoviet andRussianmathematical physicist. He is known for the discovery of theFaddeev equations in the quantum-mechanicalthree-body problem and for the development ofpath-integral methods in the quantization of non-abeliangauge field theories, including the introduction of theFaddeev–Popov ghosts (withVictor Popov). He led the Leningrad School, in which he along with many of his students developed thequantum inverse scattering method for studyingquantum integrable systems in one space and one time dimension. This work led to the invention ofquantum groups byDrinfeld andJimbo.
Faddeev was born inLeningrad to a family of mathematicians. His father,Dmitry Faddeev, was a well-known algebraist, professor ofLeningrad University and member of theRussian Academy of Sciences. His mother,Vera Faddeeva, was known for her work in numerical linear algebra. Faddeev attendedLeningrad University, receiving his undergraduate degree in 1956. He enrolled in physics, rather than mathematics, "to be independent of [his] father".[1] Nevertheless, he received a solid education in mathematics as well "due to the influence ofV. A. Fock andV. I. Smirnov".[1] His doctoral work onscattering theory was completed in 1959 under the direction ofOlga Ladyzhenskaya.[2]
From 1976 to 2000, Faddeev was head of theSt. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences (PDMI RAS).[3] He was an invited visitor to theCERN Theory Division for the first time in 1973 and made several further visits there.[4]
In 1988 he founded theEuler International Mathematical Institute, now a department of PDMI RAS.[3][5]
Faddeev was a member of theRussian Academy of Sciences since 1976, and was a member of a number of foreign academies, including theU. S. National Academy of Sciences, theFrench Academy of Sciences, theAustrian Academy of Sciences, theBrazilian Academy of Sciences,[6] theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences and theRoyal Society.[7]He received numerous honors includingUSSR State Prize (1971),Dannie Heineman Prize (1975),[8]Dirac Prize (1990), anhonorary doctorate from the Faculty of Mathematics and Science atUppsala University,Sweden,[9]Max Planck Medal (1996),Demidov Prize (2002 – "For outstanding contribution to the development of mathematics, quantum mechanics, string theory and solitons") and theState Prize of the Russian Federation (1995, 2004). He was president of theInternational Mathematical Union (1986–1990). He was awarded theHenri Poincaré Prize[10] in 2006 and theShaw Prize in mathematical sciences in 2008.[11] Also the Karpinsky International Prize and the Max Planck Medal (German Physical Society).He also received theLomonosov Gold Medal in 2013.
Faddeev also received state awards:
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