Ludvig Faddeev
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev (), also
Ludwig Dmitriyevich (born on
March 23,
1934 in
Leningrad) is a
Russian
theoretical physicist and
mathematician. He is famous for the discovery of
Faddeev-Popov ghosts and
Faddeev equations.His work led to the invention of
quantum groups.
Faddeev was born in
Leningrad to a family of mathematicians. His father, D.K. Faddeev, was a well known algebraist, professor of
Leningrad University and member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences. Faddeev went to
Leningrad University where he was a student of
Olga Ladyzhenskaya and
Vladimir Fock.
Faddeev is a memder of the
Russian Academy of Sciences since 1976,and a number of foreign academies, including
US National Academy of Sciences and
French Academy of Sciences. He received numerous honors including
USSR State Prize (1971),
Heineman Prize (1975),
Dirac Prize (1990), and
Russian State Prize (1995, 2004). He is a former president of the
International Mathematical Union (1986 â€" 1990).
