Ivan Cherednik (Иван Владимирович Чередник) is a Russian-American

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. He introduced double affine Hecke algebras, and used them to prove

Macdonald's constant term conjecture In mathematics, Macdonald polynomials ''P''λ(''x''; ''t'',''q'') are a family of orthogonal symmetric polynomials in several variables, introduced by Macdonald in 1987. He later introduced a non-symmetric generalization in 1995. Macdonald origin ...

in . He has also dealt with algebraic geometry,

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and Soliton equations. His research interests include

representation theory Representation theory is a branch of mathematics that studies abstract algebraic structures by ''representing'' their elements as linear transformations of vector spaces, and studies modules over these abstract algebraic structures. In essen ...

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, and

algebraic combinatorics Algebraic combinatorics is an area of mathematics that employs methods of abstract algebra, notably group theory and representation theory, in various combinatorial contexts and, conversely, applies combinatorial techniques to problems in alg ...

. He is currently the Austin M. Carr Distinguished Professor of mathematics at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which r ...

. In 1998 he was an Invited Speaker of the

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in Berlin.

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University of North Carolina page about Ivan CherednikCherednik on Math-Net.Ru
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