Israel Michael Sigal Explained

Israel Michael Sigal
Birth Date:	31 August 1945
Birth Place:	Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
Citizenship:	Canadian
Fields:	Mathematics
Workplaces:	University of Toronto
Alma Mater:	N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Tel-Aviv University
Doctoral Students:	Izabella Łaba Michael Loss
Awards:	Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1998) Fellow of American Mathematical Society (2012)

Israel Michael Sigal (born 31 August 1945 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR) is a Canadian mathematician specializing in mathematical physics.^[1] He is a professor at the University of Toronto Department of Mathematics.

He was an invited speaker at International Congress of Mathematicians, Kyoto—1990^[2] and in International Congress on Mathematical Physics, Lausanne—1979, W. Berlin—1981, Marseille—1986.

Education

Born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR,^[1] Sigal obtained his bachelor's degree at Gorky University and his Ph.D. at Tel-Aviv University^[3]

Research interests

Partial differential equation of quantum physics, Quantum mechanics and quantum information theory, Quantum field theory, Statistical mechanics, Non-linear equations, Mathematical biology, Pattern recognition^[4]

Awards

The Jeffrey-Williams Lectureship, CMS Summer Meeting, 1992.^[5]
John L. Synge Award, 1993.
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1993.
University Professor, 1997.
Norman Stuart Robertson Chair in Applied Mathematics, 1998.
CRM-Fields-PIMS prize,^[6] 2000.
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2012.^[7]

Selected works

Book: Mathematical foundations of quantum scattering theory for multiparticle systems. Mem. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1978. 508478.
Mathematical theory of single channel systems. Analyticity of scattering matrix. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1982. 270. 2. 409–437. 645323. 10.1090/s0002-9947-1982-0645323-x. Sigal. I. M.. free.
Book: Scattering theory for many body quantum-mechanical systems: rigorous results. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1011. Springer Verlag. 1983.
Mathematical theory of nonrelativistic matter and radiation. Lett. Math. Phys.. 34. 3. 1995. 183–201. 10.1007/bf01872776. Bach. V.. Fröhlich. J.. Jürg Fröhlich. Sigal. I. M.. 1995LMaPh..34..183B. 10.1.1.52.2248. 17664339.
with Peter D. Hislop: Book: Introduction to spectral theory: with applications to Schrödinger operators. Springer Verlag. 1996.
with F. Ting: Pinning of magnetic vortices by an external potential. St. Petersburg Math. J.. 2005. 16. 1. 211–236. 2069485. 10.1090/s1061-0022-04-00848-9. Sigal. I. M.. Ting. F.. free.
with Stephen J. Gustafson: Book: Mathematical concepts of quantum mechanics. Springer Verlag. 2nd. 2011.

Notes and References

Book: Canadian Who's Who 2001: Volume 36. 2001. University of Toronto Press. Elizabeth Lumley.
Web site: ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897 . 2011-12-06 . 2017-11-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171124141541/http://www.mathunion.org/db/ICM/Speakers/SortedByLastname.php . dead .
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/prix/prixCRMFieldsPIMS/prix_CFPSigal_an.shtml Bio
http://www.math.toronto.edu/sigal/ Home page of I.M.Sigal
http://www.math.ca/Prizes/info/jw.html The Jeffrey-Williams Lectureship
http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/honours/crm-fields-pims_prize.html CRM/Fields Institute Prize
https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society