Andrey Kolmogorov

Andrey Kolmogorov
Andrey Kolmogorov
Андрей Колмогоров
Born	Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov; 25 April 1903; Tambov, Russian Empire
Died	20 October 1987 (aged 84); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University (PhD)
Known for	Probability theory; Probability space; Topology; Intuitionistic logic; Turbulence studies; Classical mechanics; Mathematical analysis; Kolmogorov complexity; KAM theorem; KPP equation;
Spouse	Anna Dmitrievna Egorova (m. 1942⁠–⁠1987)
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);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Moscow State University
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; Sergey Nikolsky; Alexander Obukhov; Yuri Prokhorov; Yakov Sinai; Albert Shiryaev; Anatoli Vitushkin; Vladimir Uspensky; Akiva Yaglom; Vladimir Vovk;

Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf] ^ⓘ, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Soviet mathematician who contributed to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.

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