Alex Eskin
Mathematician, Person
1965 –
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Who is Alex Eskin?
Alex Eskin is a Russian American mathematician. He works on rational billiards and geometric group theory. For his contribution to joint work with David Fisher and Kevin Whyte establishing the quasi-isometric rigidity of sol, he was awarded the 2007 Clay Research Award.
Eskin earned his doctorate from Princeton University in 1993, under supervision of Peter Sarnak. He has been a professor at University of Chicago since 1999.
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
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- Born
- May 19, 1965
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
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on July 23, 2013
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