S.P. Novikov (1938-) was born in the former Soviet Union and won the prize in 1970. He proved the topological invariance and soliton theory of characteristic classes of rational Pontryagin of differential manifolds. Novikov, a mathematician in the former Soviet Union, 1938 was born in Gorky City in March. His parents are outstanding mathematicians. 1955 entered the Department of Mathematical Mechanics of Moscow University. 1960 became a graduate student in the Institute of Mathematics after graduation, 1964 received an associate doctorate, 1965 received a doctorate, and then returned to Moscow University as a professor. 197 1 year later, he turned to theoretical physics and served as the director of the mathematics room of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. It was not until Gorbachev's time that he was allowed to visit abroad. After 1992, he taught at the University of Maryland regularly.