Talk:Vladimir Drinfeld

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His last name should be spelled differently: Drinfel'd (note where apostroph is!). Russian original: &#1042;&#1083;&#1072;&#1076;&#1080;&#1084;&#1080;&#1088; &#1044;&#1088;&#1080;&#1085;&#1092;&#1077;&#1083;&#1100;&#1076;. I am correcting this.

kirillov at math sunysb edu


 * Yes, this is the Latin transcription of the Russian version. However, the International Mathematical Union uses the English version "Drinfeld", see for instance "On the Mathematical Work of Vladimir Drinfeld" by Manin. Boris Tsirelson (talk) 11:56, 28 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, in his English papers (and his published book) he spells his name Drinfeld. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Escspeed (talk • contribs) 23:21, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Apparently Drinfel'd couldn't get a visa to speak at Berkeley, so Pierre Cartier gave the lecture in his place, from Drinfel'd's notes (with one days notice..). Can someone confirm this?

I guess Drinfel'd will be puzzled, if he learns that someone at Wiki called him "Ukrainian". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.116.61.254 (talk) 22:02, 27 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure! "Certainly his Jewish origins meant that he suffered from anti-Semitism" (Drinfeld biography). Boris Tsirelson (talk) 17:07, 2 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Why not? Would you say that Krein wasn't a Ukrainian mathematician, given that he worked in Odessa all his life? Are Drinfeld's Ukrainian citizenship or the fact that he worked in Kharkov before joining faculty at IAS and U Chicago in question? By the way, all these nationalities/ethnic origin etc tags are inaccurate (who was Lagrange, for example?), but this issue affects nearly all biographical articles, and not just in mathematics, so it needs to be discussed at the level of policy. Ad hoc solutions tend to be unstable (another opinionated editor may change or re-add them). Arcfrk (talk) 06:40, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Both Drinfeld and Krein originated from that corner of the former Russian/Soviet Empire where Russian was the spoken language and the Russian culture was dominant. By their culture and language, both were, of course, Russians. The fact that in the course of the after-Perestroyka political turmoil those lands became a part of the Ukraine, does not mean much for the self-identification of the people. An overwhelming majority of the population in those lands identify themselves as Russians. However, what matters most in regard to Drinfeld and Krein is that both are representatives of the Russian Mathematical School. I guess they both would laugh a lot if called Ukrainians. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.117.212 (talk) 03:30, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
 * NOTE:72.83.117.212 statements here above are all WP:SPECULATION; Kharkiv is not and never was an Ukrainophobic city. —  Yulia Romero  • Talk to me!  23:28, 29 December 2014 (UTC)

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Did Drinfeld not attend the 1986 ICM? Who gave the lecture on Quantum Groups?
Is there confirmation somewhere that Drinfeld was denied an exit visa to attend the ICM and that his lecture on quantum groups was delivered by someone else? Above Cartier is named as giving lecture, but there is no source for this at the moment. 73.149.246.232 (talk) 20:56, 26 February 2020 (UTC)