Iskander Asanovich Taimanov (born 20 December 1961, ''Искандер Асанович Тайманов'') is a Russian

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whose research concerns

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, and soliton theory. He is the chair of the department of geometry and topology of

Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk State University is a public research university located in Novosibirsk, Russia. The university was founded in 1958, on the principles of integration of education and science, early involvement of students with research activities an ...

. He is a member of the

Russian Academy of Sciences The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across t ...

. He was a Ph.D. student of

Sergey Petrovich Novikov Sergei Petrovich Novikov (also Serguei) (Russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Но́виков) (born 20 March 1938) is a Soviet and Russian mathematician, noted for work in both algebraic topology and soliton theory. In 1970, he won the ...

. Some topics of his work are Morse–Novikov theory and Willmore surfaces. He is the author of the textbook ''Lectures on Differential Geometry''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taimanov, Iskander 20th-century Russian mathematicians 21st-century Russian mathematicians Moscow State University alumni Textbook writers Academic staff of Novosibirsk State University 1961 births Living people