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Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov

Also Known As Andrey Kolmogoroff · Andrey N. Kolmogorov · A. N. Kolmogorov
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Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician who lived from April 25, 1903 to October 20, 1987 and who played a central role in the creation of modern probability theory. He also gave fundamental contributions to the mathematics of topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics and functional analysis, and to algorithmic information theory and computational complexity, the branches of theoretical computer science this atlas records him for.

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Birth Year
1903 1
Birth Date
1903-04-25 2
Death Year
1987 2
Death Date
1987-10-20 2
Nationality
Soviet 2
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doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris 1
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Foreign Member of the Royal Society 1
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Helmholtz Medal 1
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Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" 1
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Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" 1
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Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class 1
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Order of Lenin 1
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Hero of Socialist Labour 1
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Stalin Prize 1
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PL Chebyshev Gold Medal 1
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1
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Lenin Prize 1
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Stalin Prize, 2nd degree 1
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Balzan Prize 1
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Order of the October Revolution 1
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Lobachevsky Prize 1
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Wolf Prize in Mathematics 1
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1. Wikidata: Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov
  • Wikidata Q153224, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q153224 P569 (date of birth)
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2. Wikipedia: Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov
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  • Lead sentence, birth date substring
    25 April 1903
  • Lead sentence, birth date substring, precise
    25 April 1903
  • Lead sentence, death date substring
    20 October 1987
  • Lead sentence, death date substring, precise
    20 October 1987
  • Lead sentence, nationality clause
    was a Soviet mathematician who played a central role in the creation of modern probability theory
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