Yakov Eliashberg

Yakov Eliashberg is the Herald L. and Caroline L. Ritch Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, Department of Mathematics. His research focuses on Geometry, Symplectic Geometry & Topology, and Topology. His field of interest includes Symplectic Geometry, Topology, and Several Complex Variables. He can be contacted via email at eliash@math.stanford.edu or by telephone at (650) 723-4073. His office is located in Building 380, 383-S.

Yakov Eliashberg is a Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, specializing in mathematics with a focus on symplectic and contact geometry. His research explores the structure and classification of contact manifolds, symplectic field theory, and the topology of Legendrian knots. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of overtwisted contact structures, Stein manifolds, and the -Principle in geometry. His work includes foundational results on the classification of contact structures in all dimensions and the study of convex symplectic manifolds. Eliashberg's research has advanced the field of contact topology and its applications in symplectic geometry.