Aleksandr Khinchin

Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Хи́нчин, French: Alexandre Khintchine; July 19, 1894 – November 18, 1959) was a Soviet mathematician and one of the most significant contributors to the Soviet school of probability theory.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yakovlevich and the family name is Khinchin.
Aleksandr Khinchin
Born
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin

(1894-07-19)July 19, 1894
Kondrovo, Kaluga Governorate, Russian Empire
DiedNovember 18, 1959(1959-11-18) (aged 65)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian, Soviet
Alma materMoscow State University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Doctoral advisorNikolai Luzin
Doctoral studentsAlexander Buchstab
Alexander Gelfond

Due to romanization conventions, his name is sometimes written as "Khinchin" and other times as "Khintchine".

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