Mikhael Gromov (mathematician)

Mikhael Gromov
Михаил Громов
Gromov in 2014
Born	(1943-12-23) 23 December 1943 (age 80) Boksitogorsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian and French
Alma mater	Leningrad State University (PhD)
Known for	Geometric group theory Symplectic geometry Systolic geometry Gromov boundary Gromov's compactness theorem (geometry) Gromov's compactness theorem (topology) Gromov's theorem on groups of polynomial growth Gromov–Hausdorff convergence Gromov–Ruh theorem Gromov–Witten invariant Gromov hyperbolic group Gromov δ-hyperbolic space Gromov norm Gromov product Gromov topology Gromov's inequality for complex projective space Gromov's systolic inequality Bishop–Gromov inequality Asymptotic dimension Essential manifold Filling area conjecture Filling radius Mean dimension Minimal volume Non-squeezing theorem Pseudoholomorphic curve Random group Sofic group Systolic freedom 2π theorem
Awards	Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry (1981) Wolf Prize (1993) Balzan Prize (1999) Kyoto Prize (2002) Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2004) Bolyai Prize (2005) Abel Prize (2009)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques New York University
Doctoral advisor	Vladimir Rokhlin
Doctoral students	Denis Auroux François Labourie Pierre Pansu Mikhail Katz

Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (also Mikhail Gromov, Michael Gromov or Misha Gromov; Russian: Михаи́л Леони́дович Гро́мов; born 23 December 1943) is a Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, analysis and group theory. He is a permanent member of Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in France and a professor of mathematics at New York University.

Gromov has won several prizes, including the Abel Prize in 2009 "for his revolutionary contributions to geometry".