Igor Frenkel
Igor Borisovich Frenkel (born
April 22 1952) is a mathematician working in
mathematical physics.
In joint work he constructed the
monster vertex algebra.
Born in
Leningrad,
USSR (Now St. Petersburg, Russia), Frenkel emigrated to the United States in 1979. He has held numerous teaching positions, including tenured professor at
Rutgers University, before taking his current job of tenured professor at
Yale University. He resides in
New Haven, Connecticut with his wife and son.
* Igor Frenkel, James Lepowsky, Arne Meurman, "Vertex operator algebras and the Monster".
Pure and Applied Mathematics, 134. Academic Press, Inc., Boston, MA, 1988. liv+508 pp. ISBN 0-12-267065-5
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