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Date of Birth
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26-June-1969
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Place of Birth
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Moscow
(Russia, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union, Moscow Oblast, Europe)
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Nationality
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Russia
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Also know as
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Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov, Andrew Y. Okounkov, Perch, Andrew Y., Andrei Okounkov Iourievitch, Andrei Yuryevich Okunkow
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Profession
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Mathematician, Teacher
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Andrei Yuryevich Okounkov is a Russian mathematician who works on representation theory and its applications to algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, probability theory and special functions. He is currently a professor at Columbia University. In 2006, he received the Fields Medal "for his contributions to bridging probability, representation theory and algebraic geometry."
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