| Andrei Zelevinsky | |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | Boston, United States |
| Nationality: | Soviet Union United States |
| Fields: | Mathematics |
| Workplaces: | Northeastern University |
| Alma Mater: | Moscow State University |
| Doctoral Advisors: | Israel Gelfand Alexandre Kirillov |
| Known For: | Bernstein–Zelevinsky classification Cluster algebras |
| Awards: | Humboldt Prize (2004) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2018) |
Andrei Vladlenovich Zelevinsky (Russian: Андрей Владленович Зелевинский; 30 January 1953 – 10 April 2013)[1] was a Russian-American mathematician who made important contributions to algebra, combinatorics, and representation theory, among other areas.
Zelevinsky graduated in 1969 from the Moscow Mathematical School No. 2.[2] After winning a silver medal as a member of the USSR team at the International Mathematical Olympiad[3] he was admitted without examination to the mathematics department of Moscow State Universitywhere he obtained his PhD in 1978 under the mentorship of Joseph Bernstein,Alexandre Kirillov and Israel Gelfand.[4]
He worked[5] in the mathematical laboratory of Vladimir Keilis-Borok at the Institute of Earth Science (1977–85), and at the Council for Cybernetics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1985–90). In the early 1980s, at a great personal risk, he taught at the Jewish People's University,[6] an unofficial organization offering first-class mathematics education to talented students denied admission to Moscow State University's math department.
In 1990–91, Zelevinsky was a visiting professor at Cornell University, and from 1991 until his death was on faculty at Northeastern University, Boston.With his wife, Galina, he had a son and a daughter; he also had several grandchildren.[7]
Zelevinsky is a relative of the physicists Vladimir Zelevinsky and Tanya Zelevinsky.
Zelevinsky's most notable achievement is the discovery (with Sergey Fomin) of cluster algebras.His other contributions include: