Alexander Kolesnikov
- Deputy Dean for Academic Progress, Leading Research Fellow, Professor:Faculty of Mathematics
- Leading Research Fellow:Faculty of Computer Science / AI and Digital Science Institute / International Laboratory of Stochastic Algorithms and High-Dimensional Inference
- Alexander Kolesnikov has been at HSE University since 2009.
Education and Degrees
- 2006
Doctor of Sciences* in Mathematics
Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences - 2003
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Mathematics
- 2002
Doctoral programme
Lomonosov Moscow State University - 1999
Degree
Lomonosov Moscow State University
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.
Research interests
Optimal transportation theory, Monge-Ampere equation, Sobolev spaces, isoperimetric inequalities, infinite dimensional analysis, convex geometry, geometric flows, elliptic and parabolic PDE's, analysis on Riemannian manifolds, Gaussian measures, stochastics
Courses (2022/2023)
- Linear Programming (Optional course (faculty); 1, 2 module)Rus
Mathematics. Licenciatus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; field of study "01.03.01. Математика", field of study "01.03.01. Математика"; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
Probability Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; field of study "01.03.01. Математика", field of study "01.03.01. Математика"; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Stochastic Analysis and its Applications in Economics 1" (Optional course (faculty); 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Stochastic Analysis and its Applications in Economics 2" (Optional course (faculty); 3, 4 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Calculus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Calculus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Physics; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Linear Programming (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Rus
- Probability Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Stochastic Analysis and its Applications in Economics 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Stochastic Analysis and its Applications in Economics 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Linear Programming (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Probability Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Stochastic Analysis and its Applications in Economics 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Stochastic Analysis and its Applications in Economics 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Stochastic Analysis with Applications to Finance" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
Introduction to Probability Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; field of study "01.03.01. Математика", field of study "01.03.01. Математика"; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Linear Programming (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Rus
Courses (2018/2019)
- Calculus (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Financial Mathematics (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Functional Analysis (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Introduction to Probability Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Research Seminar of Master’s Programme 1 (Master’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2017/2018)
- Convex Optimization (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
- Mathematical Practical Training 2 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; 2 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Mathematics Practical Training (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Mathematics; field of study "01.03.01. Математика", field of study "01.03.01. Математика"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Financial Mathematics" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar "Probability Theory. Analytical and Economic Applications 1" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 1, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Probability Theory. Analytical and Economic Applications 2" (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Mathematics; 3, 4 module)Eng
Conferences
- 2018Коллоквиум "Москва-Пиза" (Москва). Presentation: Logarithmic Minkowski problem and optimal transportation
- Коллоквиум "Москва-Пиза" (Москва). Presentation: Logarithmic Minkowski problem and optimal transportation
- 2017
Probability and Analysis 2017 (Będlewo). Presentation: On KLS conjecture for certain classes of convex sets
- 2016
Stochastic Partial Differential Equations and Related Fields (Bielefeld). Presentation: Sobolev estimates for mass transportation mappings with application to transport equations and spectral gap
- 2015Convexity, probability and discrete structures, a geometric view point (Marne-la-Vallée). Presentation: Hessian metrics with application to functional inequalities
- 2014
Stochastic processes and high dimensional probability distributions (Санкт-Петербург). Presentation: Functional inequalities on convex bodies and convex surfaces
Conference on Optimization, Transportation and Equilibrium in Economics (Торонто). Presentation: On cyclical consistency and cyclical monotonicity.
- 2008Functional inequalities and convex geometry (Париж). Presentation: Optimal transportation, curvature flows and isoperimetric inequalities
Publications84
- Article Богачев Т. В., Колесников А. В. О задаче монополиста и двойственной к ней // Математические заметки. 2023. Т. 114. № 2. С. 181-194. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Zimin A., Sandomirskiy F., Tsyvinski A. Beckmann's approach to multi-item multi-bidder auctions / Cornell University. Series Theoretical Economics "arxiv.org". 2022. No. 2203.06837.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Werner E. Blaschke–Santaló inequality for many functions and geodesic barycenters of measures // Advances in Mathematics. 2022. Vol. 396. Article 108110. doi
- Article Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Milman E. Local Lp-Brunn-Minkowski inequalities for p // Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society. 2022. Vol. 277. No. 1360. P. 1-78. doi
- Article Kolesnikov A., Livshyts G. On the Local Version of the Log-Brunn–Minkowski Conjecture and Some New Related Geometric Inequalities // International Mathematics Research Notices. 2022. Vol. 2022. No. 18. P. 14427-14453. doi
- Article Caglar U., Kolesnikov A., Werner E. Pinsker inequalities and related Monge-Ampere equations for log-concave functions // Indiana University Mathematics Journal. 2022. Vol. 71. No. 6. P. 2309-2333.
- Article Gladkov N., Kolesnikov A., Zimin A. The multistochastic Monge–Kantorovich problem // Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 2022. Vol. 506. No. 2. Article 125666. doi
- Article Kolesnikov A., Livshyts G. On the Gardner-Zvavitch conjecture: symmetry in inequalities of Brunn-Minkowski type // Advances in Mathematics. 2021. Vol. 384. Article 107689. doi
- Article Hosle J., Kolesnikov A., Livshyts G. On the Lp-Brunn–Minkowski and Dimensional Brunn–Minkowski Conjectures for Log-Concave Measures // Journal of Geometric Analysis. 2021. Vol. 31. P. 5799-5836. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Werner E., Caglar U. Pinsker inequalities and related Monge-Amp`ere equations for log-concave functions / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2021. (in press)
- Article Бородин П. А., Ибрагимов Э. А., Кашин Б. С., Козлов В. В., Колесников А. В., Конягин С. В., Косов Е. Д., Смолянов О. Г., Толмачев Н. А., Трещев Д. В., Шапошников А. В., Шапошников С. В., Ширяев А. Н., Шкаликов А. А. Владимир Игоревич Богачев (к шестидесятилетию со дня рождения) // Успехи математических наук. 2021. Т. 76. № 6(462). С. 201-208. doi
- Article Kolesnikov A. Mass transportation functionals on the sphere with applications to the logarithmic Minkowski problem // Moscow Mathematical Journal. 2020. Vol. 20. No. 1. P. 67-91. doi
- Preprint Gladkov N., Kolesnikov A., Zimin A. The multistochastic Monge-Kantorovich problem / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2020.
- Article Klartag B., Kolesnikov A. Extremal Kähler–Einstein Metric for Two-Dimensional Convex Bodies // Journal of Geometric Analysis. 2019. Vol. 29. No. 3. P. 2347-2373. doi
- Article Gladkov N., Kolesnikov A., Zimin A. On multistochastic Monge–Kantorovich problem, bitwise operations, and fractals // Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. 2019. Vol. 58. No. 173. P. 1-33. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A. Mass transportation functionals on the sphere with applications to the logarithmic Minkowski problem / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2018.
- Preprint Gladkov N., Kolesnikov A., Zimin A. On multistochastic Monge-Kantorovich problem, bitwise operations, and fractals / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2018.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Livshyts G. On the Gardner-Zvavitch conjecture: symmetry in the inequalities of Brunn-Minkowski type / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2018.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Poincaré and Brunn--Minkowski inequalities on the boundary of weighted Riemannian manifolds // American Journal of Mathematics. 2018. Vol. 140. No. 5. P. 1147-1185. doi
- Article Kolesnikov A., Milman E. The KLS Isoperimetric Conjecture for Generalized Orlicz Balls // Annals of Probability. 2018. Vol. 46. No. 6. P. 3578-3615. doi
- Article Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Brascamp-Lieb-Type Inequalities on Weighted Riemannian Manifolds with Boundary // Journal of Geometric Analysis. 2017. Vol. 27. No. 2. P. 1680-1702. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Klartag B. Extremal Kaehler-Einstein metric for two-dimensional convex bodies / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2017.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Local Lp-Brunn-Minkowski inequalities for p / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2017.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Kosov E. Moment measures and stability for Gaussian inequalities // Theory of Stochastic Processes. 2017. Vol. 22. No. 38. P. 47-61.
- Article Zaev D., Kolesnikov A. Optimal transportation of processes with infinite Kantorovich distance. Independence and symmetry. // Kyoto Journal of Mathematics. 2017. Vol. 57. No. 2. P. 293-324. doi
- Article Klartag B., Kolesnikov A. Remarks on curvature in the transportation metric // Analysis Mathematica. 2017. Vol. 43. No. 1. P. 67-88. doi
- Chapter Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Sharp Poincaré-Type Inequality for the Gaussian Measure on the Boundary of Convex Sets, in: Lecture Notes in Mathematics Issue 2169: Geometric Aspects of Functional Analysis. Israel Seminar (GAFA) 2014–2016. Springer, 2017. doi P. 221-234. doi
- Preprint Klartag B., Kolesnikov A. Remarks on curvature in the transportation metric / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2016.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Lysenko N. Y. Remarks on mass transportation minimizing expectation of a minimum of affine functions // Theory of Stochastic Processes. 2016. Vol. 21(37). No. 2. P. 22-28.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Riemannian metrics on convex sets with applications to Poincaré and log-Sobolev inequalities // Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. 2016. Vol. 55. P. 1-36. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Sharp Poincaré-type inequality for the Gaussian measure on the boundary of convex sets / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2016.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Milman E. The KLS isoperimetric conjecture for generalized Orlicz balls / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2016.
- Article Колесников А. В., Мильман Э. Римановы метрики в R^n и неравенства типа Соболева // Доклады Российской академии наук. Математика, информатика, процессы управления (ранее - Доклады Академии Наук. Математика). 2016. Т. 470. № 2. С. 137-140.
- Article Klartag B., Kolesnikov A. Eigenvalue distribution of optimal transportation // Analysis and PDE. 2015. Vol. 8. No. 1 doi
- Article Kolesnikov A., Zaev D. Exchangeable optimal transportation and log-concavity // Theory of Stochastic Processes. 2015. Vol. 20(36). No. 2. P. 54-62.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Zaev D. Exchangeable optimal transportation and log-concavity / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2015.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Lysenko N. Y. Remarks on mass transportation minimizing expectation of a minimum of affine functions / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2015.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Riemannian metrics on convex sets with applications to Poincaré and log-Sobolev inequalities. / Cornell University. Series arXiv "math". 2015.
- Article Колесников А. В., Мильман Э. Изопериметрические неравенства на весовых многообразиях с краем. // Доклады Российской академии наук. Математика, информатика, процессы управления (ранее - Доклады Академии Наук. Математика). 2015. Т. 464. № 2. С. 136-140.
- Article Kolesnikov A. Hessian metrics, CD(K,N)-spaces, and optimal transportation of log-concave measures // Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. 2014. Vol. 34. No. 4. P. 1511-1532. doi
- Article Kolesnikov A., Roeckner M. On continuity equations in infinite dimensions with non-Gaussian reference measure // Journal of Functional Analysis. 2014. Vol. 266. No. 7. P. 4490-4537. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Poincaré and Brunn-Minkowski inequalities on weighted Riemannian manifolds with boundary / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2014. No. 1310.2526.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Tikhonov S. Y. Regularity of the Monge-Ampère equation in Besov's space // Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations. 2014. Vol. 49. No. 3-4. P. 1187-1197.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Milman E. Remarks on the KLS conjecture and Hardy-type inequalities // Geometric Aspects of Functional Analysis, Israel Seminar . 2014. Vol. 2116. P. 273-293. doi
- Article Kolesnikov A. Weak regularity of Gauss mass transport // Bulletin des Sciences Mathematiques. 2014. Vol. 138. No. 2. P. 165-198. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Klartag B. Eigenvalue distribution of optimal transportation. / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2013. No. 1402.2636.
- Article Kolesnikov A. On Sobolev Regularity of Mass Transport and Transportation Inequalities // Theory of Probability and Its Applications. 2013. Vol. 57. No. 2. P. 243-264. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Zaev D. Optimal transportation of processes with infinite Kantorovich distance. Independence and symmetry. / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2013.
- Article Kudryavtseva O., Nagapetyan T., Kolesnikov A. Remarks on Afriat's theorem and the Monge-Kantorovich problem // Journal of Mathematical Economics. 2013. Vol. 49. P. 501-505. doi
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Kudryavtseva O., Nagapetyan T. Remarks on the Afriat's theorem and the Monge-Kantorovich problem / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2013.
- Article Bogachev V., Kolesnikov A. Sobolev regularity for the Monge-Ampere equation in the Wiener space. // Kyoto Journal of Mathematics. 2013. Vol. 53. No. 4. P. 713-738.
- Chapter Колесников А. В. Приложения. Транспортная задача и концентрация // В кн.: Введение в математическое моделирование транспортных потоков / Под общ. ред.: А. В. Гасников. М. : МЦНМО, 2013. С. 304-314.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A. Hessian manifolds, CD(K,N) -spaces, and optimal transportation of log-concave measures / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2012. No. 1201.2342.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Roeckner M. On continuity equations in infinite dimensions with non-Gaussian reference measure / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2012.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A., Tikhonov S. Y. Regularity of the Monge-Ampère equation in Besov's space / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2012. No. 1203.3457.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Bogachev V. The Monge-Kantorovich problem: Achievements, connections, and perspectives // Russian Mathematical Surveys. 2012. Vol. 67. No. 5. P. 785-890. doi
- Article Колесников А. В., Богачев В. И. Соболевская регулярность для бесконечномерного уравнения Монжа-Ампера // Доклады Академии наук. 2012. Т. 44. № 2. С. 131-136.
- Article Колесников А. В. Соболевская регулярность транспортировки вероятностных мер и транспортные неравенства // Теория вероятностей и ее применения. 2012. Т. 57. № 2. С. 296-321.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Zhdanov R. On isoperimetric sets of radially symmetric measures // Contemporary Mathematics Series. 2011. Vol. 545. P. 123-154.
- Preprint Bogachev V., Kolesnikov A. Sobolev regularity for the Monge-Ampere equation in the Wiener space / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2011. No. 1110.1822..
- Article Колесников А. В. Глобальные гёльдеровы оценки для оптимальной транспортировки // Математические заметки. 2010. № 88 (5). С. 708-728.
- Article Колесников А. В. Транспортировка масс и сжимающие отображения // Труды Московского физико-технического института. 2010. № 4. С. 90-99.
- Article Bogachev V., Kolesnikov A. Mass transport generated by a flow of Gauss maps // Journal of Functional Analysis. 2009. No. 256 (3). P. 940-957.
- Preprint Kolesnikov A. Weak regularity of Gauss mass transport / Cornell University. Series math "arxiv.org". 2009. No. 0904.1852.
- Article Колесников А. В. О приложениях задачи транспортировки мер // Вестник Московского государственного университета печати. 2009. № 5. С. 29-108.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Barthe F. Mass transport and variants of the logarithmic Sobolev inequality. // Journal of Geometric Analysis. 2008. No. 18 (4). P. 921-979.
- Article Kolesnikov A. Weak convergence of diffusion processes on Wiener space // Probability Theory and Related Fields. 2008. No. 140 (1-2). P. 1-17.
- Article Kolesnikov A. Modified log-Sobolev inequality and isoperimetry // Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Rendiconti Lincei Matematica E Applicazioni. 2007. Vol. 18. P. 179-208.
- Article Колесников А. В. Интегрируемость оптимальных отображений. // Математические заметки. 2006. № 80(3-4). С. 518-531.
- Article Kolesnikov A. Convergence of Dirichlet forms with changing speed measures on $\R^d$ // Forum Mathematicum. 2005. No. 17. P. 225-259.
- Article Kolesnikov A. Mosco convergence of Dirichlet forms in infinite dimensions with changing reference measures. // Journal of Functional Analysis. 2005. No. 230(2). P. 382-418.
- Article Bogachev V., Kolesnikov A. On the Monge-Ampere equation in infinite dimensions. // Infinite Dimensional Analysis, Quantum Probability and Related Topics. 2005. No. 8(4). P. 1-26.
- Article Колесников А. В., Богачев В. И. Интегрируемость абсолютно непрерывных преобразований мер и применения к оптимальному переносу масс. // Теория вероятностей и ее применения. 2005. № 50(3)
- Article Колесников А. В., Богачев В. И. К истокам теории A-множеств: замечания в связи с переводом работы Хаусдорфа. // Историко-математические исследования. 2005. № 2(10)
- Article Богачев В. И., Колесников А. В. Нелинейные преобразования выпуклых мер // Теория вероятностей и ее применения. 2005. № 50(1). С. 27-51.
- Article Богачев В. И., Колесников А. В., Медведев К. В. Треугольные преобразования мер // Математический сборник. 2005. Т. 196. № 3. С. 3-30.
- Article Богачев В. И., Медведев К. В., Колесников А. В. Треугольные преобразования мер. // Математический сборник. 2005. № 196(3). С. 3-30.
- Article Kolesnikov A. Convexity inequalities and optimal transport of infinite-dimensional measures. // Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. 2004. No. 83(11). P. 1373-1404.
- Article Kolesnikov A., Banakh T., Bogachev V. Topological spaces with the strong Skorokhod property. II. // Functional Analysis and Its Applications. 2004. P. 23-47.
- Article Kolesnikov A. On the diffusion semigroups preserving the log-concavity. // Journal of Functional Analysis. 2001. No. 186. P. 196-205.
- Article Bogachev V., Banakh T., Kolesnikov A. Topological spaces with the strong Skorokhod property. // Georgian Mathematical Journal. 2001. No. 8(2). P. 201-202.
- Article Колесников А. В., Богачев В. И. Открытые отображения вероятностных мер и теорема представления Скорохода. // Теория вероятностей и ее применения. 2001. № 46(1). С. 3-27.
- Article Колесников А. В. О непрерывных образах меры Лебега // Математические заметки. 1999. Т. 65. № 5. С. 790-793.
- Article Колесников А. В. О топологических свойствах пространства Скорохода. // Теория вероятностей и ее применения. 1998. Т. 43. № 4. С. 781-786.