Vladimir Arnold (12 June 1937 — 3 June 2010) was a Russian mathematician of Jewish descent,^[1] said to be one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century.^[2] He worked in many areas of mathematics including dynamical systems, differential equations, hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, classical and celestial mechanics, geometry, topology, algebraic geometry, symplectic geometry, and singularity theory.^[3]

Arnold was born in Odesa, Ukraine. He worked at the Steklov Mathematical Institute in Moscow and later at the Moscow State University.^[2] Arnold died in Paris after going there to seek medical treatment.^[2]

Awards

He would have be given the Fields Medal in Mathematics in 1974, but this was opposed by the Soviet government.^[2] His other awards include:

• Lenin Prize (1965)
• Crafoord Prize (1982)
• Lobachevsky Prize (1992)
• Harvey Prize (1994)
• World Prize in Mathematics (2001)
• Prize of the American Institute of Physics (2001)
• Wolf Prize (2001)