Prof. Dr. Rostislav Grigorchuk

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral and overarching topics in Mathematics; collections,Algebra, Theory of Numbers, Algebraic Geometry
KeywordsRandom Walks, Computer Science, Discrete Mathematics, Group Theory, Dynamical Systems

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityCollege Station
InstitutionTexas A&M University
InstituteDepartment of Mathematics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Alexander Grigor'yanFakultät für Mathematik, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2020

Programme(s)

2019Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Grigorchuk is known internationally for his principal contributions to the group theory and adjacent areas of mathematics. One of his major achievements was the construction of groups of intermediate growth that solved a long-standing problem in this area. In Germany he continues his research on return probabilities of random walks on groups.