Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov
Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров) (kahl-mah-GAW-raff) (April 25, 1903 - October 20, 1987) was a Russian mathematician who made major advances in the fields of probability theory and topology. He worked early in his career on intuitionistic logic, and Fourier series. He also worked on turbulence, and classical mechanics; and was a founder of algorithmic complexity theory.
Kolmogorov worked at Moscow State University. He studied under Nikolai Luzin, earning his Ph.D. in 1925.
Quote:
- "The theory of probability as mathematical discipline can and should be developed from axioms in exactly the same way as Geometry and Algebra."
See also
- Kolmogorov axioms
- Kolmogorov complexity
- Kolmogorov space
- Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
- Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem
- Kolmogorov's zero-one law
- Chapman-Kolmogorov equation
External links
- The Legacy of Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (http://www.kolmogorov.com/) Curriculum Vitae and Biography. Kolmogorov School. Ph.D. students and descendants of A.N. Kolmogorov. A.N. Kolmogorov works, books, papers, articles. Photographs and Portraits of A.N. Kolmogorov.
- Biography of Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Kolmogorov.html) at the St. Andrews site
- Collection of links to Kolmogorov resources (http://www.geometry.net/scientists/kolmogorov_andrey.php)
- Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (http://www.kolmogorov.pms.ru/) (in Russian)
- Kolmogorov School (http://www.pms.ru/) at Moscow University
- Mathematical genealogy of A.N. Kolmogorov (http://www.genealogy.ams.org/html/id.phtml?id=10480)
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