1. Boris Valerianovich Chirikov was a Soviet and Russian physicist.
10 Facts About Boris Chirikov
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Boris Chirikov was the founder of the physical theory of Hamiltonian chaos and made pioneering contributions to the theory of quantum chaos.
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Boris Chirikov was born in the city Oryol, Russia, USSR.
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Boris Chirikov became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1983, and a full member in 1992.
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Boris Chirikov worked at the Institute in Akademgorodok till his last days.
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Boris Chirikov left after him wife Olga Bashina and daughter Galya Chirikova.
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The name of Boris Chirikov is associated with an impressive list of fundamental results in the field of dynamical chaos and foundations of statistical mechanics.
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Boris Chirikov essentially invented the Chirikov standard map, described its chaotic properties, established its ubiquity, and found a variety of applications.
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Boris Chirikov was one of the first teachers in Novosibirsk State University.
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The physical theory of deterministic chaos developed by Boris Chirikov has found applications in solar system dynamics, particle dynamics in accelerators and plasma magnetic traps, and numerous other systems.