Yakov Pesin

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Yakov Pesin is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yakov Pesin has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Mathematical Physics, 32 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 6 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in Yakov Pesin's work include Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals (40 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (24 papers) and Chaos control and synchronization (17 papers). Yakov Pesin is often cited by papers focused on Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals (40 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (24 papers) and Chaos control and synchronization (17 papers). Yakov Pesin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and China. Yakov Pesin's co-authors include Luís Barreira, Howard M. Weiss, Luis Barreira, Jörg Schmeling, Miaohua Jiang, Dmitry Dolgopyat, Vaughn Climenhaga, Yun Zhao, Boris Hasselblatt and Mark L. Latash and has published in prestigious journals such as Communications in Mathematical Physics, Annals of Mathematics and Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yakov Pesin

52 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Dimension Theory in Dynamical Systems 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Dimension Theory in Dynamical Systems
    1997 576 citations Yakov Pesin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yakov Pesin United States 20 2.2k 1.6k 542 329 305 54 2.8k
Luís Barreira Portugal 25 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 607 1.1× 1.1k 3.3× 771 2.5× 238 3.1k
Gerhard Keller Germany 26 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 395 0.7× 83 0.3× 196 0.6× 69 2.4k
Anatole Katok United States 22 2.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.9× 1.0k 1.8× 140 0.4× 294 1.0× 46 2.8k
Welington de Melo Brazil 11 1.4k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 914 1.7× 203 0.6× 322 1.1× 18 2.3k
Boris Hasselblatt United States 14 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.7× 639 1.2× 156 0.5× 245 0.8× 44 2.2k
Carlangelo Liverani Italy 22 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 348 0.6× 83 0.3× 270 0.9× 61 1.9k
Jacob Palis Brazil 21 1.8k 0.8× 1.5k 1.0× 1.3k 2.3× 267 0.8× 364 1.2× 37 2.9k
Charles Pugh United States 22 1.9k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 2.3× 276 0.8× 408 1.3× 59 2.8k
Ya. B. Pesin United States 13 1.0k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 260 0.5× 101 0.3× 116 0.4× 25 1.6k
Michał Misiurewicz United States 26 2.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 952 1.8× 41 0.1× 178 0.6× 128 2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yakov Pesin

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barreira, Luís & Yakov Pesin. (2023). Introduction to Smooth Ergodic Theory. Graduate studies in mathematics. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Yongluo, Yakov Pesin, & Yun Zhao. (2019). Dimension Estimates for Non-conformal Repellers and Continuity of Sub-additive Topological Pressure. Geometric and Functional Analysis. 29(5). 1325–1368. 22 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov, et al.. (2017). Thermodynamics of the Katok map. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 39(3). 764–794. 6 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov, et al.. (2016). Thermodynamics of towers of hyperbolic type. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 368(12). 8519–8552. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yun & Yakov Pesin. (2015). q-entropy for symbolic dynamical systems. Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical. 48(49). 494002–494002. 6 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov. (2014). On the work of Sarig on countable Markov chains and thermodynamic formalism. Journal of Modern Dynamics. 8(1). 1–14. 3 indexed citations
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Barreira, Luís & Yakov Pesin. (2013). Introduction to Smooth Ergodic Theory. Graduate studies in mathematics. 20 indexed citations
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Hasselblatt, Boris & Yakov Pesin. (2011). Partial hyperbolicity. Scholarpedia. 6(10). 4845–4845. 1 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov. (2010). On the work of Dolgopyat on partial and nonuniform hyperbolicity. Journal of Modern Dynamics. 4(2). 227–241. 1 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov, et al.. (2009). An analytical approach to the problem of inverse optimization with additive objective functions: an application to human prehension. Journal of Mathematical Biology. 61(3). 423–453. 44 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov & Vaughn Climenhaga. (2009). Lectures on Fractal Geometry and Dynamical Systems. 7 indexed citations
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Burns, Keith, Dmitry Dolgopyat, Yakov Pesin, & Mark Pollicott. (2008). Stable ergodicity for partially hyperbolic attractors with negative central exponents. Journal of Modern Dynamics. 2(1). 63–81. 18 indexed citations
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Hasselblatt, Boris & Yakov Pesin. (2008). Pesin entropy formula. Scholarpedia. 3(3). 3733–3733. 3 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov & Boris Hasselblatt. (2008). Nonuniform hyperbolicity. Scholarpedia. 3(1). 4842–4842. 15 indexed citations
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Burns, Keith, Dmitry Dolgopyat, & Yakov Pesin. (2008). Geometric and Probabilistic Structures in Dynamics. 9 indexed citations
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Barreira, Luís & Yakov Pesin. (2007). Nonuniform Hyperbolicity: General Hyperbolic Measures. 117 indexed citations
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Barreira, Luís & Yakov Pesin. (2007). Nonuniform Hyperbolicity: Dynamics of Systems with Nonzero Lyapunov Exponents. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 101 indexed citations
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Barreira, Luis & Yakov Pesin. (2001). Lyapunov Exponents and Smooth Ergodic Theory. 215 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov. (1997). Dimension Theory in Dynamical Systems: Contemporary Views and Applications. University of Chicago Press eBooks. 336 indexed citations
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Pesin, Yakov & Howard M. Weiss. (1994). On the dimension of deterministic and random Cantor-like sets. Mathematical Research Letters. 1(4). 519–529. 17 indexed citations

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