Mathematician:Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov

Mathematician

Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, analysis and group theory.

Wolf Prize

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov was awarded a Wolf Prize for Mathematics in $\text {1993}$:

For his revolutionary contributions to global Riemannian and symplectic geometry, algebraic topology, geometric group theory and the theory of partial differential equations.

Abel Prize

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov was awarded an Abel Prize in $\text {2009}$:

For his revolutionary contributions to geometry.

Nationality

Russian

History

• Born: 23 December 1943 in Boksitogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

Theorems and Definitions

• Gromov's Compactness Theorem (Geometry)
• Gromov's Compactness Theorem (Topology)
• Gromov's Theorem on Groups of Polynomial Growth
• Gromov's Inequality for Complex Projective Space
• Gromov's Systolic Inequality

• Gromov-Ruh Theorem (with Ernst Alfred Ruh)
• Gromov-Witten Invariant (with Edward Witten)

• Bishop-Gromov Inequality (with Richard Lawrence Bishop)

• Gromov Boundary
• Gromov $\delta$-Hyperbolic Space
• Gromov Hyperbolic Group
• Gromov Norm
• Gromov Product
• Gromov Topology

• Gromov-Hausdorff Convergence (with Felix Hausdorff)

Results named for Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov can be found here.

Publications

• 1986: Partial differential relations

Also known as

In Russian: Михаи́л Леони́дович Гро́мов

Also known as Mikhail Gromov, Michael Gromov or Misha Gromov

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive