Mikhail Vasilyevich Menshikov (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ме́ньшиков; born January 17, 1948) is a Russian-British
mathematician with publications in areas ranging from
probability to
combinatorics
Combinatorics is an area of mathematics primarily concerned with counting, both as a means and an end in obtaining results, and certain properties of finite structures. It is closely related to many other areas of mathematics and has many appl ...
. He currently holds the post of Professor in the
University of Durham.
Menshikov has made a substantial contribution to
percolation theory and the theory of
random walks.
Menshikov was born in
Moscow and went to school in
Kharkov,
Ukrainian SSR,
Soviet Union. He studied at
Moscow State University earning all his degrees up to
Candidate of Sciences (1976) and
Doctor of Sciences (1988). After briefly working in
Zhukovsky, Menshikov worked in
Moscow State University for many years. His career then took him to the
University of Sao Paulo before becoming a professor at the
University of Durham, where he currently lives.
External links
Personal webpage*
20th-century British mathematicians
21st-century British mathematicians
Russian mathematicians
Probability theorists
1948 births
Living people
Soviet mathematicians
Academics of Durham University
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