Mikhail Goussarov

Mikhail Goussarov (March 8, 1958, Leningrad – June 25, 1999, Tel Aviv) was a Soviet mathematician who worked in low-dimensional topology. He and Victor Vassiliev independently discovered finite type invariants of knots and links. He accidentally drowned at the age of 41 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

See also

• Memorial page maintained by Dror Bar-Natan.

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Name	Goussarov, Mikhail
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Date of birth	March 8, 1958
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Date of death	June 25, 1999
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