Mathematician:Yakov Grigorevich Sinai

Mathematician

Russian-American mathematician known for his work on dynamical systems.

Wolf Prize

Yakov Grigorevich Sinai was awarded a Wolf Prize for Mathematics in $\text {1996/97}$:

For his fundamental contributions to mathematically rigorous methods in statistical mechanics and the ergodic theory of dynamical systems and their applications in physics.

Abel Prize

Yakov Grigorevich Sinai was awarded an Abel Prize in $\text {2014}$:

For his fundamental contributions to dynamical systems, ergodic theory, and mathematical physics.

Nationality

Russian

History

• Born: September 21, 1935 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)

Theorems and Definitions

• Kolmogorov-Sinai Entropy (with Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov)
• Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen Measure (with David Pierre Ruelle and Robert Edward Bowen)

Definitions of concepts named for Yakov Grigorevich Sinai can be found here.

Publications

• 1976: Introduction to Ergodic Theory
• 1982: Theory of Phase Transitions – Rigorous Results
• 1992: Probability Theory – an Introductory Course
• 1994: Topics in Ergodic Theory

Also known as

In Russian: Я́ков Григо́рьевич Сина́й

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Yakov Grigorevich Sinai": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive