Sergei Novikov

Prix

1. 1970

   médaille Fields

   Mathématiques

   Made important advances in topology, the most well-known being his proof of the topological invariance of the Pontryagin classes of the differentiable manifold. His work included a study of the cohomology and homotopy of Thom spaces.

2. 2005

   Prix Wolf — Mathématiques

   Mathématiques

   for his fundamental and pioneering contributions to algebraic and differential topology, and to mathematical physics, notably the introduction of algebraic-geometric methods.