Rokhlin, Vladimir
First Name:
Vladimir
Last Name:
Rokhlin
Place and Date of Birth:
August 23, 1919, Baku, Azerbaijan
Place and Date of Death:
December 3, 1984,
Education
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Ph.D., 1948
Degree 3 (Type and Year):
Doctor of Science, 1951
Field(s):
topology
Geometry
Ergodic theory
Weiss, Benjamin
First Name:
Benjamin
Last Name:
Weiss
Place and Date of Birth:
5/29/1941 (New York City)
Employer at time of interview:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
M.A. 1962
Degree 1 (School):
Yeshiva University
Degree 2 (Type and Year):
Ph.D 1965
Degree 2 (School):
Princeton University
Most Recent Employer:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Field(s):
Probability
Ergodic theory
topological dynamics
Margulis, Grigory
First Name:
Grigory
Last Name:
Margulis
Place and Date of Birth:
02/24/1946 (Moscow, USSR)
Employer at time of interview:
Soviet Academy of Sciences- Institute for problems in information transmission
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1970
Degree 1 (School):
Moscow State University
Most Recent Employer:
Yale University
Field(s):
Lie groups
Ergodic theory
Geometry
number theory
Combinatorics
dynamics
Honors:
Moscow Mathematical Society Prize 1968, Fields Medal 1978, Wolf Prize 2005, National Academy of Sciences of the USA 1983
Also goes by "Gregory".
Katok, Anatole
First Name:
Anatole
Middle Name or Initial:
B.
Last Name:
Katok
Place and Date of Birth:
8/9/1944 Washington DC USA
Employer at time of interview:
University of Maryland and Penn State
Education
Degree 1 (Type and Year):
Ph.D. 1968
Degree 1 (School):
Moscow State University
Most Recent Employer:
Penn State
Field(s):
dynamical systems
Ergodic theory
Honors:
Moscow Mathemtical Society Prize 1967, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2004
See also Svetlana Katok's page: http://dynkincollection.library.cornell.edu/biographies/863