Vasily Alexejewitsch Iskowskich

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Wassili Alexejewitsch Iskowskich ( Russian Василий Алексеевич Исковских , English transcription Vasilii Alekseevich Iskovskikh; born July 1, 1939 in Chkalov Oblast ; † January 4, 2009 ) was a Russian mathematician.

Iskowskich received his doctorate from Lomonossow University under Yuri Manin in 1968 and completed his habilitation in 1980 (Russian doctorate). He was a professor at the Steklov Institute and Lomonosov University.

He dealt with algebraic geometry, especially algebraic varieties in 3 and more dimensions (birational classification, rationality problem, Fano varieties), mathematical logic, number theory and algebra. With Manin, he found Fano varieties in 3 dimensions in 1971, which are uniratonal but not rational (smooth quartic 3 varieties), a counterexample to the Lüroth problem (after Jacob Lüroth ). In dimension 2, however, they are rational (Del Pezzo surfaces).

He was invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Warsaw in 1983 (Algebraic 3-folds with special regard to the problem of rationality). Iskowskich was a corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

Fonts

  • with Igor Schafarewitsch : Algebraic Surfaces , IR Shafarevich: Algebraic Geometry II, Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences 23, Springer 1996, pp. 127–154 (first in Russian 1989)
  • with Yuri Manin : Three-dimensional quarters and counterexamples to the Lüroth problem. (Russian), Mat. Sbornik, Volume 86, 1971, pp. 140-166
  • with Yu. G. Prokhorov: Fano Varieties. In AN Parshin, I. Shafarevich: Algebraic Geometry V. Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences, Springer, 1999
  • Fano 3-folds. (Russian), Part 1,2, Mat. USSR Izv., Vol. 11, 1977, pp. 485-527, Vol. 12, 1978, pp. 469-506

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wassili Alexejewitsch Iskowskich in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
personal data
SURNAME Iskowskich, Wassili Alexejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Исковских, Василий Алексеевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Chkalov Oblast
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 2009