Boris Mordukhovich

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Boris Mordukhovich is an American mathematician recognized for his research in the areas of nonlinear analysis, optimization, and control theory. Mordukhovich is one of the founders of modern variational analysis and generalized differentiation. Currently he is Distinguished University Professor and Lifetime Scholar of the Academy of Scholars at Wayne State University (Vice President, 2009–2010 and President, 2010–2011).

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Life and works

Mordukhovich was born and educated in the Soviet Union; he emigrated to the United States with his family in December 1988. He developed constructions of generalized differentiation (bearing now his name), and their development and applications to classes of problems in variational analysis, optimization, equilibrium, control, economics, engineering, and other fields. [1] [2] [3] His theory and various applications have been summarized in the 2-volume monograph, [4] and in his more recent books [5] , [6] and [7] . Mordukhovich has published more than 500 journal papers.

Mordukhovich is an AMS Fellow of the Inaugural Class, [8] [9] a SIAM Fellow, [10] and a recipient of many international awards and honors, including Dr. Honoris Causa from the National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan, University of Messina, [11] [12] University of Alicante in Spain, [13] [14] [15] Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania [16] and from Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. [17] He is the Founding Editor (2008) and was a co-Editor-in-Chief (2009-2014) of Set-Valued and Variational Analysis, an international journal. Since 2016, he is a co-Editor-in-Chief, Applied Analysis and Optimization, and since 2021 he is the area editor of Journal of Optimization Theory and Application. He was Chair (2012 - 2015) of the International Working Group on Generalized Convexity and Monotonicity. [18] In 2016, he was elected to the Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (Italy), and in 2021 he became a Foreign Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. [19] He is in the list of Highly Cited Researchers in Mathematics. [20]

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  1. ↑ Henrion, R.; Kruger, A.; Outrata, J. (2008). "Boris Mordukhovich, The Never Tired Traveller, Celebrates His Sixtieth Birthday". Set-Valued Analysis. 16 (2–3): 125–127. doi:10.1007/s11228-008-0069-9. hdl:1959.17/66904. S2CID   120131405.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Torres, D. F. M.; Zaslavski, A. J. (2009). "Editorial to the special issue of the International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics (IJMS), dedicated to Boris S. Mordukhovich on the occasion of his 60th birthday". International Journal of Mathematics and Statistics. 5: A09.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Vietnam Journal of Mathematics | Volume 42, issue 4". SpringerLink. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  4. ↑ B. S. Mordukhovich, "Variational Analysis and Generalized Differentiation, I: Basic Theory, II: Applications," Grundlehren Series (Fundamental Principles of Mathematical Sciences), Vols. 330 and 331, Springer, 2006.
  5. ↑ B. S. Mordukhovich, "Variational Analysys and Applications," Springer Monographs in Mathematics, 2018
  6. ↑ B. S. Mordukhovich and N. M. Nam, "Convex Analysis and Beyond," Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering, 2022
  7. ↑ B. S. Mordukhovich, "Second-Order Variational Analysis in Optimization, Variational Stability, and Control," Springer Series in Operations Research and Financial Engineering, 2024
  8. ↑ "American Mathematical Society".
  9. ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-02-10.
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  13. ↑ "La Primatóloga Inglesa Jane Goodall Será Investida Doctora Honoris Causa Por la Universidad de Alicante".
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  16. ↑ Babeș-Bolyai University
  17. ↑ "Viện Hàn lâm Khoa học và Công nghệ Việt Nam".
  18. ↑ "Working Group on Generalized Convexity".
  19. ↑ "New members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine". National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine . 27 May 2021.
  20. ↑ "Preliminary publication of new lists of Highly Cited Researchers". 2012-12-31.
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