Mikhail Vasilyevich Menshikov (Russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Ме́ньшиков; born January 17, 1948) is a Russian-British mathematician with publications in areas ranging from probability to combinatorics. He currently holds the post of Professor in the University of Durham.

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. (December 2015)

Quick Facts Born, Nationality ...

Mikhail Menshikov
Born	(1948-01-17) January 17, 1948 (age 76) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian and British
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Durham
Thesis	(1976)
Doctoral advisor	Vadim Malyshev

Close

Menshikov has made a substantial contribution to percolation theory and the theory of random walks.^{[citation needed]}

Menshikov was born in Moscow and went to school in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He studied at Moscow State University earning all his degrees up to Candidate of Sciences (1976) and Doctor of Sciences (1988). After briefly working in Zhukovsky, Menshikov worked in Moscow State University for many years. His career then took him to the University of Sao Paulo before becoming a professor at the University of Durham, where he currently lives.^{[citation needed]}

• Personal webpage
• Mikhail Menshikov at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

This article about a United Kingdom mathematician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e