Evgeny Feigin
- Deputy Dean for Research:Faculty of Mathematics
- Professor:Faculty of Mathematics / Joint Department with The Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Tenured Professor (2022)
- Evgeny Feigin has been at HSE University since 2010.
Education and Degrees
- 2013
Doctor of Sciences* in Mathematical Logic, Algebra and Number Theory
Institute for Information Transmission Problems (Kharkevich Institute) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: PBW degeneration in Lie theory and applications - 2005
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Mathematical Logic, Algebra and Number Theory
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Thesis Title: Demazure modules for affine Lie algebra sl(2) - 2002
Degree in Mathematics
Lomonosov Moscow State University, mechanics and mathematics - 2002
Degree in Mathematics
Independent University of Moscow, mathematics
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Young Faculty Support Program (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2013-2014)
Category "New Lecturers" (2011-2012)
Workshops and conferences
International Congress of Mathematicians 2022, invited talk, section Lie
theory and generalizations.
Publications56
- Article Khoroshkin A., Feigin E., Makedonskyi I. Duality theorems for current groups // Israel Journal of Mathematics. 2022. Vol. 248. No. 1. P. 441-479. doi
- Article Dotsenko V., Feigin E., Reineke M. Koszul algebras and Donaldson–Thomas invariants // Letters in Mathematical Physics. 2022. Vol. 112. No. 5. Article 106. doi
- Article Feigin E., Lanini M., Pütz A. Totally nonnegative Grassmannians, Grassmann necklaces, and quiver Grassmannians // Canadian Journal of Mathematics. 2022. P. 1-34. doi
- Article Ilya Dumanski, Evgeny Feigin, Michael Finkelberg. Beilinson–Drinfeld Schubert varieties and global Demazure modules // Forum of Mathematics, Sigma. 2021. Vol. 9. P. 1-25. doi
- Preprint Feigin E., Makhlin I., Popkovich A. Beyond the Sottile-Sturmfels degeneration of a semi-infinite Grassmannian / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2021. No. 2110.07397 .
- Article Cerulli Irelli G., Fang X., Feigin E., Fourier G., Reineke M. Linear degenerations of flag varieties: partial flags, defining equations, and group actions // Mathematische Zeitschrift. 2020. Vol. 296. No. 1. P. 453-477. doi
- Article Feigin E., Kato S., Makedonskyi I. Representation theoretic realization of non-symmetric Macdonald polynomials at infinity // Journal fuer die reine und angewandte Mathematik. 2020. Vol. 764. P. 181-216. doi
- Article Feigin E., Makedonskyi I. Semi-infinite Plücker Relations and Weyl Modules // International Mathematics Research Notices. 2020. No. 14. P. 4357-4394. doi
- Preprint Feigin E., Makhlin I. Semitoric degenerations of Hibi varieties and flag varieties / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2020. No. 2008.13243.
- Article Bigeni A., Feigin E. Symmetric Dellac Configurations // Journal of Integer Sequences. 2020. Vol. 23. No. 20.4.6. P. 1-32.
- Article Feigin E. Large tensor products and Littlewood-Richardson coefficients // Journal of Lie Theory. 2019. Vol. 29. No. 4. P. 927-940.
- Preprint Feigin E., Khoroshkin A., Makedonskyi I. Peter-Weyl, Howe and Schur-Weyl theorems for current groups / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2019. No. 1906.03290.
- Preprint Dumanski, I., Feigin E. Reduced arc schemes for Veronese embeddings and global Demazure modules / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2019. No. 1912.07988.
- Article Bigeni A., Feigin E. Symmetric Dellac configurations and symplectic/orthogonal flag varieties // Linear Algebra and its Applications. 2019. Vol. 573. P. 54-79. doi
- Article Feigin E., Makedonskyi I. Vertex algebras and coordinate rings of semi-infinite flags // Communications in Mathematical Physics. 2019. Vol. 369. No. 1. P. 221-244. doi
- Article Fang X., Feigin E., Fourier G., Makhlin I. Weighted PBW degenerations and tropical flag varieties // Communications in Contemporary Mathematics. 2019. Vol. 21. No. 1. P. 1-27. doi
- Article Feigin E., Makedonskyi I., Orr D. Generalized Weyl modules and nonsymmetric q-Whittaker functions // Advances in Mathematics. 2018. Vol. 330. P. 997-1033. doi
- Article Michael Finkelberg, Feigin E., Reineke M. Degenerate affine Grassmannians and loop quivers // Kyoto Journal of Mathematics. 2017. Vol. 57. No. 2. P. 445-474. doi
- Article Feigin E., Fourier G., Littelmann P. Favourable modules: filtrations, polytopes, Newton–Okounkov bodies and flat degenerations // Transformation Groups. 2017. Vol. 22. No. 2. P. 321-352. doi
- Article Feigin E., Makedonskyi I. Generalized Weyl modules, alcove paths and Macdonald polynomials // Selecta Mathematica, New Series. 2017. Vol. 23. No. 4. P. 2863-2897. doi
- Article Cerulli I. G., Fang X., Feigin E., Fourier G., Reineke M. Linear degenerations of flag varieties // Mathematische Zeitschrift. 2017. Vol. 287. No. 1. P. 615-654. doi
- Article Cerulli I. G., Feigin E., Reineke M. Schubert Quiver Grassmannians // Algebras and Representation Theory. 2017. Vol. 20. No. 1. P. 147-161. doi
- Article Feigin E., Makhlin I. Vertices of FFLV polytopes // Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics. 2017. Vol. 45. No. 4. P. 1083-1110. doi
- Article Feigin E., Makedonskyi I. Weyl modules for osp(1,2) and nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials // Mathematical Research Letters. 2017. Vol. 24. No. 3. P. 741-766.
- Article Cherednik I., Feigin E. Extremal part of the PBW-filtration and nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials // Advances in Mathematics. 2015. Vol. 282. P. 220-264. doi
- Article Feigin E., Makedonskyi I. Nonsymmetric Macdonald polynomials and PBW filtration: towards the proof of the Cherednik-Orr conjecture // Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A. 2015. P. 60-84.
- Article Feigin E. Degenerate group of type A: Representations and flag varieties // Functional Analysis and Its Applications. 2014. Vol. 48. No. 1. P. 59-71. doi
- Article Cerulli Irelli G., Feigin E., Reineke M. Homological approach to the Hernandez-Leclerc construction and quiver varieties // Representation Theory. 2014. No. 18. P. 1-14. doi
- Article Feigin E., Michael Finkelberg, Littelmann P. Symplectic Degenerate Flag Varieties // Canadian Journal of Mathematics. 2014. Vol. 66. No. 6. P. 1250-1286. doi
- Article Feigin E., Finkelberg M. V. Degenerate flag varieties of type A: Frobenius splitting and BW theorem // Mathematische Zeitschrift. 2013. Vol. 275. No. 1-2. P. 55-77. doi
- Article Cerulli Irelli G., Feigin E., Reineke M. Degenerate flag varieties: moment graphs and Schröder numbers // Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics. 2013. Vol. 38. No. 1. P. 159-189. doi
- Article Cerulli Irelli G., Feigin E., Reineke M. Desingularization of quiver Grassmannians for Dynkin quivers // Advances in Mathematics. 2013. No. 245. P. 182-207. doi
- Preprint Cerulli I., Feigin E., Reineke M. Homological approach to the Hernandez-Leclerc construction and quiver varieties / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2013. No. 1302.529.
- Chapter Feigin E., Littelmann P., Fourier G. PBW-filtration over ℤ and Compatible Bases for V_Z(\lambda) in Type A_n and C_n, in: Symmetries, Integrable Systems and Representations Vol. 40: Symmetries, Integrable Systems and Representations. Springer, 2013. P. 35-63.
- Article Feigin E. GaM degeneration of flag varieties // Selecta Mathematica, New Series. 2012. Vol. 18. No. 3. P. 513-537. doi
- Article Feigin E., Cerulli Irelli G., Reineke M. Quiver Grassmannians and degenerate flag varieties // Algebra & Number Theory. 2012. Vol. 6. No. 1. P. 165-194.
- Article Feigin E. Systems of correlation functions, coinvariants, and the Verlinde Algebra // Functional Analysis and Its Applications. 2012. No. 46 (1). P. 41-52. doi
- Article Feigin E. The median Genocchi numbers, q-analogues and continued Fractions // European Journal of Combinatorics. 2012. Vol. 33. No. 1. P. 1913-1918. doi
- Article Feigin E. Degenerate flag varieties and the median Genocchi numbers // Mathematical Research Letters. 2011. No. 18(6). P. 1-16.
- Article Feigin E., Fourier G., Littelmann P. PBW filtration and bases for irreducible modules in type An // Transformation Groups. 2011. Vol. 16. No. 1. P. 71-89. doi
- Article Feigin E., Fourier G., Littelmann P. PBW filtration and bases for symplectic Lie algebras // International Mathematics Research Notices. 2011. Vol. 2011. No. 24. P. 5760-5784. doi
- Article Feigin B. L., Feigin E., Jimbo M., Miwa T., Mukhin E. Quantum continuous gl∞: Tensor products of Fock modules and Wn-characters // Kyoto Journal of Mathematics. 2011. Vol. 51. No. 2. P. 365-392.
- Article Feigin B. L., Feigin E., Jimbo M., Miwa T., Mukhin E. Quantum continuous gl∞: semiinfinite construction of representations // Kyoto Journal of Mathematics. 2011. Vol. 51. No. 2. P. 337-364.
- Article Feigin B. L., Feigin E., Littelmann P. Zhu's algebras, C_2-algebras and abelian radicals // Journal of Algebra. 2011. Vol. 329. P. 130-146. doi
- Article Feigin E., Shadrin S., van de Leur J. Givental symmetries of Frobenius manifolds and multi-component KP tau-functions // Advances in Mathematics. 2010. Vol. 224. No. 3
- Article Feigin E., Littelmann P. Zhu's algebra and the $C_2$-algebra in the symplectic and the orthogonal cases // Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 2010. Vol. 43. No. 13
- Article Feigin E. $N=1$ formal genus $0$ Gromov-Witten theories and Givental's formalism // Journal of Geometry and Physics. 2009. Vol. 59. No. 8. P. 1127-1136.
- Article Feigin B. L., Feigin E., Jimbo M., Miwa T., Mukhin E. Fermionic Formulas for Eigenfunctions of the Difference Toda Hamiltonian // Letters in Mathematical Physics. 2009. Vol. 88. No. 1-3. P. 39-77. doi
- Article Takeyama Y., Jimbo M., Feigin B. L., Miwa T., Feigin E. A $\phi_{1,3}$-filtration of the Virasoro minimal series M(p,p') with 1 // Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences. 2008. Vol. 44. No. 2. P. 213-257.
- Article Feigin E. Infinite fusion products and $\hat{\mathfrak{sl}_2}$ cosets // Journal of Lie Theory. 2007. Vol. 17. P. 145-161.
- Article Feigin B. L., Feigin E. Two-dimensional current algebras and affine fusion product // Journal of Algebra. 2007. Vol. 313. No. 1. P. 176-198.
- Article Feigin B. L., Feigin E. Principal subspace for the bosonic vertex operator $\phi\sb {\sqrt{2m}}(z)$ and Jack polynomials. // Advances in Mathematics. 2006. Vol. 206 . No. 2. P. 307-328.
- Article Feigin E., Feigin B. L. Homological realization of restricted Kostka polynomials // International Mathematics Research Notices. 2005. Vol. 33. No. 33. P. 1997-2029.
- Article Feigin E., Feigin B. L. Schubert varieties and the fusion products, // Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences. 2004. Vol. 40. No. 3. P. 625-668.
- Article Feigin E., Feigin B. L. $Q$-characters of the tensor products in $\germ s\germ l\sb 2$-case. // Moscow Mathematical Journal. 2002. Vol. 2. No. 3. P. 567-588.
Courses (2022/2023)
- Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Mathematical Physics 1" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Mathematical Physics 1" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Mathematics. Licenciatus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2019/2020)
- Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2018/2019)
- Algebra (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Lie Groups and Lie Algebras 2 (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 2 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
- Foundations of Algebra and Geometry (Minor; Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Lie Groups and Lie Algebras, and Their Representations II (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar " Affine Kac-Moody Lie Algebras" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
Employment history
HSE University, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Lebedev Physics Institute
Conferences/workshops
2014: Summer school/PhD-workshop PBW filtrations of modules for Lie algebras and their appearance/applications in Representation Theory. Glasgow, from May 19th to May 23rd 2014. http://www.maths.gla.ac.uk/~gfourier/workshop14.htm
Current grants and fellowships
2014-2016 Dynasty Foundation fellowship, "G_a^N-varieties, PBW and toric degenerations"
2012-2013 Russian President Grant № МК-3312.2012.1, "Lie theory and equivariant compactifications of abelian algebraic groups"
2011-2013 Dynasty Foundation fellowship, "PBW degeneration of Lie theory: representations, flag varieties and combinatorics"
HSE Academic Council Meets for the Last Time This Academic Year
The meeting was held in person for the first time in over two years. It was attended by Sergey Kravtsov, Russian Minister of Education, and Dmitry Smyslov, Vice President of VK. The Council discussed HSE University’s breakthrough projects in engineering and artificial intelligence and elected new distinguished and tenured professors.
HSE University Researchers to Speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians
The speakers of the International Congress of Mathematicians, a key global mathematics event held every four years by the International Mathematical Union, have been announced. The next ICM will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia, in July 2022. Five researchers from the HSE Faculty of Mathematics will present their papers at the congress.
First PhD at HSE Received under New Procedure
On May 22, the first thesis for an HSE PhD degree was defended. Following the new procedure, mathematician Pavlo Gavrylenko defended his thesis on isomonodromic deformations and quantum theory. This took place not before a big dissertation council, but a committee of experts in this particular field of mathematical physics.
Young HSE Researchers Receive Awards from Moscow Government
The Moscow Government has presented various awards to several young HSE researchers - Aigul Mavletova, Evgeny Feigin and Alexey Vdovin.
Winners of RSF Competition Announced
The results of the joint call for proposals in basic scientific research and exploratory scientific research, conducted by international research teams, have been announced. The call was launched by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
RF president grants
Congratulations to Associate Professors of our Faculty Evgeny Feigin and Alexander Esterov upon receiving grants of the Russian Federation president for young scientists.