Mikhail Goussarov
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Mikhail Goussarov was a Soviet mathematician
who worked in low-dimensional topology
. He and Victor Vassiliev
independently discovered finite type invariant
s of knots and links. He accidentally drowned at the age of 41 in Tel Aviv
, Israel
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who worked in low-dimensional topology
Topology
Topology is a major area of mathematics concerned with properties that are preserved under continuous deformations of objects, such as deformations that involve stretching, but no tearing or gluing...
. He and Victor Vassiliev
Victor Anatolyevich Vassiliev
Victor Anatolyevich Vassiliev or Vasilyev , is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is best known for his discovery of the Vassiliev invariants in knot theory , which subsume many previously discovered polynomial knot invariants such as the Jones polynomial...
independently discovered finite type invariant
Finite type invariant
In the mathematical theory of knots, a finite type invariant is a knot invariant that can be extended to an invariant of certain singular knots that vanishes on singular knots with m + 1 singularities and does not vanish on some singular knot with 'm' singularities...
s of knots and links. He accidentally drowned at the age of 41 in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
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See also
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