Andrey Kolmogorov
Andrey Kolmogorov
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a Soviet mathematician who contributed to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic and many other fields
Born
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov 25 April 1903 Tambov, Russian Empire
Died
20 October 1987 (aged 84) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Known for
Probability theory Probability space Topology Intuitionistic logic Turbulence studies Classical mechanics Mathematical analysis Kolmogorov complexity KAM theorem KPP equation
Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
Moscow State University ( Ph.D. )
Awards
Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Stalin Prize (1941) Balzan Prize (1962) ForMemRS (1964) Lenin Prize (1965) Wolf Prize (1980) Lobachevsky Prize (1986)
Institutions
Moscow State University
Spouse(s)
Anna Dmitrievna Egorova ( m. 1942–1987)
adultbasic
Russia
Citizenship
Soviet Union
Doctoral advisor
Nikolai Luzin
Doctoral students
Vladimir Alekseev Vladimir Arnold Sergei N. Artemov Grigory Barenblatt Roland Dobrushin Eugene Dynkin Israil Gelfand Boris Gnedenko Leonid Levin Valerii Kozlov Per Martin-Löf Robert Minlos Andrei Monin
era
1800+