The work of Andrei Okounkov
General Mathematics
2008-01-29 v1 Mathematical Physics
Algebraic Geometry
Dynamical Systems
math.MP
Probability
Quantum Algebra
Representation Theory
Abstract
Andrei Okounkov received the Fields Medal at the ICM 2006 in Madrid "for his contributions bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry". This is a brief account of his work.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0609847,
title = {The work of Andrei Okounkov},
author = {Giovanni Felder},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0609847},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
8 pages, to appear in the Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, Madrid 2006