Boris Khesin, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Geometric hydrodynamics and Hamiltonian structures
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$252,000
Geometry of diffeomorphism groups and Hamiltonian systems
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$170,000
Hamiltonian dynamics and infinte-dimensional Lie groups
NSERC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$120,000

All 8 grants and awards

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Geometric hydrodynamics and Hamiltonian structures

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Khesin, Boris

Keywords: diffeomorphism groups; Hamiltonian systems; hydrodynamical Euler equation; integrable systems; KdV equation; Madelung transform; pentagram maps; Schroedinger equation; shape spaces; topological fluid dynamics

$252,000

Geometry of diffeomorphism groups and Hamiltonian systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Khesin, Boris

$170,000

Hamiltonian dynamics and infinte-dimensional Lie groups

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Accelerator Supplements

Principal investigators: Khesin, Boris

$120,000

Hamiltonian dynamics and infinte-dimensional Lie groups

Principal investigatorNSERC2009Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Khesin, Boris

$160,000

Infinite-dimensional groups and poisson geometry

Principal investigatorNSERC2004Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Khesin, Boris

$160,000

Group actions and localization

Co-investigatorNSERC2003Discovery Grants Program - Leadership Support

Principal investigators: Jeffrey, Lisa

$168,000

Structure and applications of infinite-dimensional groups

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Khesin, Boris

$104,000

Geometry of infinite-dimensional groups

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Khesin, Boris

$74,865

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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