Igor V. Dolgachev (born 7 April 1944
) is a Russian–American mathematician specializing in
algebraic geometry
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics, classically studying zeros of multivariate polynomials. Modern algebraic geometry is based on the use of abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, for solving geometrical ...
. He has been a professor at the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
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since 1978. He introduced
Dolgachev surface In mathematics, Dolgachev surfaces are certain simply connected elliptic surfaces, introduced by . They can be used to give examples of an infinite family of homeomorphic simply connected compact 4-manifolds, no two of which are diffeomorphic.
P ...
s in 1981.
Dolgachev completed his
Ph.D.
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...
at
Moscow State University
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...
in 1970, under the supervision of
Igor Shafarevich.
References
External links
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Dolgachev's website at University of Michigan
1944 births
Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Algebraic geometers
University of Michigan faculty
Russian mathematicians
Moscow State University alumni
Soviet mathematicians
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