Mikhail Khovanov
Russian mathematician
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Mikhail Khovanov (Russian: Михаил Гелиевич Хованов; born 13 January 1972) is a Russian professor of mathematics at Johns Hopkins University who works on representation theory, knot theory, and algebraic topology. He is known for introducing Khovanov homology for links,[1][2] which was one of the first examples of categorification.
Mikhail Khovanov | |
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Михаил Гелиевич Хованов | |
| Born | January 13, 1972 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Education | Yale University |
| Occupation | Professor of Mathematics |
| Employer(s) | University of California, Davis Columbia University Johns Hopkins University |
| Known for | Khovanov homology, categorification |
| Notable work | A categorification of the Jones polynomial |
| Relatives | Tanya Khovanova (half-sister) |
| Website | sites |
Education and career
Khovanov graduated from Moscow State School 57 mathematical class in 1988.[3] He earned a PhD in mathematics from Yale University in 1997,[4] where he studied under Igor Frenkel.[5]
Khovanov was a faculty member at UC Davis before moving to Columbia University.[6]
He is a half-brother of Tanya Khovanova.
