- Vladimir Platonov
Vladimir Petrovich Platonov( _be. Уладзімір Пятровіч Платонаў, Uladzimir Piatrovic Platonau; _ru. Влади́мир Петро́вич Плато́нов, Vladimir Platonov)(born
December 1 ,1939 ) is aBelarus ianmathematician .Academic career
Platonov received his doctorate from the
Belarus State University in1967 . Since1972 he has been an Academician of theNational Academy of Sciences of Belarus and its President (1987-1993). [cite web|url=http://www.ac.by/members/academicians/platonov.html|title=Academician Vladimir P. Platonov|publisher=Belarusian Academy of Sciences] Academician of the Russian /USSR Academy of Sciences since 1987. He was the Director of the Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus from 1977 to 1992. His interests arealgebra ,algebraic geometry , andnumber theory . He solvedthe Strong approximation problem, developed the reduced K-theory and solved the Tannaka-Artin problem. He solved also the Kneser-Tits and Grothendieck problems. Lenin Prize (1978), Humboldt Prize (1993).A celebrated figure in his native Belarus, he is also a member of the
Canadian Mathematical Society and was from1993 to2001 a Professor of the Faculty of Mathematics of theUniversity of Waterloo inWaterloo, Ontario ,Canada .He is the author, with
Andrei Rapinchuk , of "Algebraic Groups and Number Theory" (Academic Press, 1993, ISBN 978-0125581806).Arrest and trial
On
November 9 ,1999 , he was arrested by Waterloo police and charged withattempted murder for an attack on his wife Valentina Platonova in their home. They were later divorced. OnJanuary 17 , 2001, he pled guilty to the lesser charge ofaggravated assault and was given by judge Robert Reilly a conditional sentence ofhouse arrest , forcing him to remain in his house between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m., untilJanuary 16 ,2003 . He later obtained permission to extend his curfew, to facilitate travel toToronto for business purposes. OnAugust 31 , 2001, he took early retirement from the University of Waterloo. [cite web|url=http://newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca/news.php?id=2320|title=Statement on Prof. Vladimir Platonov|publisher=University of Waterloo Communications & Public Affairs]References
External links
* [http://www.ac.by/members/academicians/platonov.html Academician Vladimir P. Platonov] , Belarusian Academy of Sciences
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