Israel Michael Sigal

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Israel Michael Sigal
Born31 August 1945
CitizenshipCanadian
Alma mater N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Tel-Aviv University
Awards Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1998)
Fellow of American Mathematical Society (2012)
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Toronto
Doctoral students Izabella Łaba
Michael Loss

Israel Michael Sigal FRSC (born 31 August 1945 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) is a Canadian mathematician specializing in mathematical physics. [1] He is a professor at the University of Toronto Department of Mathematics.

Contents

He was an invited speaker at International Congress of Mathematicians, Kyoto—1990 [2] and in International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Lausanne—1979, W. Berlin—1981, Marselle—1986.

Education

Born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, [1] Sigal obtained his bachelor's degree at Gorky University and his Ph.D. at Tel-Aviv University [3]

Research interests

Partial differential equation of quantum physics, Quantum mechanics and quantum information theory, Quantum field theory, Statistical mechanics, Non-linear equations, Mathematical biology, Pattern recognition [4]

Awards

Selected works

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References

  1. 1 2 Elizabeth Lumley (2001). Canadian Who's Who 2001: Volume 36. University of Toronto Press.
  2. "ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897". Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
  3. Bio
  4. Home page of I.M.Sigal
  5. The Jeffrey-Williams Lectureship
  6. CRM/Fields Institute Prize
  7. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-07-20.