Vladimir Arnold
Vladimir Igorevich Arnold (born
June 12,
1937 in
Odessa,
USSR - ) is one of the world's most prolific
mathematicians in the field of
Mechanics. His career dates from
Stalinist USSR, and he is still active at the turn of the 21st century. One of his earliest achievements is the
Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser Theorem in
dynamics. Arnold's writing style mixes rigorous and abstract mathematics with informal, almost conversational prose. Arnold espouses a geometric approach to mathematics in general, and mechanics in particular. His opinions on the subject can be found on the web. Together with Louis Nirenberg, he was awarded the
1982 Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Arnold works at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow and at the University of Paris IX.