Georgy Voronoy
Georgy Feodosevich Voronyi (Russian: Георгий Феодосьевич Вороной; Ukrainian: Георгій Феодосійович Вороний; 28 April 1868 – 20 November 1908) was an Imperial Russian mathematician of Ukrainian descent noted for defining the Voronoi diagram.
Georgy Voronyi | |
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| Born | Georgy Feodosevich Voronyi (Георгій Феодосійович Вороний) 28 April 1868 Zhuravka, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 20 November 1908 (aged 40) Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Other names | Georgiy Feodosiyovich Voronyi (Георгій Феодосійович Вороний; Russian Empire |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg University |
| Known for | Voronoi diagram (Voronyi Tessellation) Voronoi iteration Voronoi formula |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Continued fractions |
| Institutions | University of Warsaw |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrey Markov |
| Doctoral students | Wacław Sierpiński Boris Delaunay |
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