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Ludvig Faddeev

1934-03-23 – 2017-02-26

Portrait de Ludvig FaddeevCredit: MW

Life & Legacy

Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev (also Ludwig Dmitriyevich; Russian: Лю́двиг Дми́триевич Фадде́ев; 23 March 1934 – 26 February 2017) was a Soviet and Russian mathematical physicist. He is known for the discovery of the Faddeev equations in the quantum-mechanical three-body problem and for the development of path-integral methods in the quantization of non-abelian gauge field theories, including the introduction of the Faddeev–Popov ghosts (with Victor Popov). He led the Leningrad School, in which he along with many of his students developed the quantum inverse scattering method for studying quantum integrable systems in one space and one time dimension. This work led to the invention of quantum groups by Drinfeld and Jimbo.

Occupation & Career

mathematician, physicist, inventor, university teacher

Education

Faculty of Physics, State University of Saint Petersbourg; Saint Petersburg State University

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

USSR State Prize; Order of Lenin; Order of Honour; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; Henri Poincaré Prize; State Prize of the Russian Federation; Max Planck Medal; Demidov Prize; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; Order of Friendship of Peoples; Lomonosov Gold Medal; Leonard Euler Gold Medal; Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics; Pomeranchuk Prize; The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences; Foreign Member of the Royal Society; honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg; Karpinsky Award; Bogolyubov Prize; Order of Friendship; ICTP Dirac Medal; honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII; honorary doctorate of Tours University; Shaw Prize; Faddeev equations; Faddeev–Popov ghost; Faddeev–Popov quantization

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Bogolyubov Prize · Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics · Demidov Prize · Foreign Member of the Royal Society · Henri Poincaré Prize · honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg · honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII · honorary doctorate of Tours University · ICTP Dirac Medal · Karpinsky Award · Leonard Euler Gold Medal · Lomonosov Gold Medal · Max Planck Medal · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class · Order of Friendship · Order of Friendship of Peoples · Order of Honour · Order of Lenin · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · Pomeranchuk Prize · Shaw Prize · State Prize of the Russian Federation · The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences · USSR State Prize

Employer

Saint Petersburg State University · St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences · University of Helsinki · Utrecht University

Organizations & Memberships

Academia Europaea · Academy of Sciences of the USSR · American Academy of Arts and Sciences · Austrian Academy of Sciences · Chinese Academy of Sciences · French Academy of Sciences · National Academy of Sciences · Polish Academy of Sciences · Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences · Russian Academy of Sciences