The Azerbaijanian mathematician scientist, doctor of physical-mathematical sciences, professor Arif Salimov’s 1001 research project in 2016 (MFAG 116F220 “Lift problems of Differential geometric structures) was one of two winner projects of TUBITAK in mathematics.
The project is considered to be completed during 3 years. Then the results of the project will be published in Springer publishers in the form of a book. Note that in 2015 Arif Salimov was awarded to one of prestigious prizes of TUBITAK “PRO-Proje Performans”. He is the first Azerbaijanian scientist awarded to this prize. Arif Salimov was born in 1956 in Agsu city of Azerbaijan. In 1973-1978 he was a student of mechanics-mathematics faculty of Baku State University. In 1978-1980 he worked at the Institute of Cybernetics as an engineer-mathematician, in 1980-1983 studied at Kazan State University of Russian Federation in speciality “geometry and topology”. In 1984, supervised by famous soviet scientist in geometry V.V. Vishnevskii he has defended his PhD dissertation in Kazan city. In 1984-1995 worked in different positions in geometry chair of Baku State University. In 1988, in Kazan city he defended doctor dissertation in speciality “geometry and topology”. Arif Salimov is the sole scientist in Azerbaijan in speciality “geometry and topology” earning doctor’s degree. Since 1995 he works at Ankara Ataturk University and now he is a professor of mathematics department of this University. He is a recognized specialists in the world in the field of differential geometry with fundamental results obtained in theory of tensor operators and with a new method that he created in lift theory. His 13 students have earned philosophy doctor degree in mathematics (geometry). He has given scientific talks in over 50 International Conferences, has authored over 100 scientific works. A lot of them were published in SCIE category authorative scientific journals of the USA, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Singapore, Mexico, Russia, England, France, Italy, Holland, Poland, Turkey and other countries. Arif Salimov’s book “Tensor operators and their applications” was published in the authorative scientific publishing house “Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York” in “Mathematics Research Developments”series. Body of IMM, ANAS congratulates our countryman, scientist-mathematician, doctor of physical-mathematical sciences, prof. Arif Salimov on the occasion on this success and wish him a sound health and successes in his scientific activity.