Eugene Dynkin
Russian mathematician (1924–2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Eugene Borisovich Dynkin (Russian: Евгений Борисович Дынкин; 11 May 1924 – 14 November 2014) was a Soviet and American mathematician.[1] He made contributions to the fields of probability and algebra, especially semisimple Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Markov processes. The Dynkin diagram, the Dynkin system, and Dynkin's lemma are named after him.
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Eugene Dynkin | |
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Born | Eugene Borisovich Dynkin (1924-05-11)11 May 1924 |
Died | 14 November 2014(2014-11-14) (aged 90) |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Moscow University |
Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1993) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Moscow University Central Economic Mathematical Institute Cornell University |
Doctoral advisor | Andrey Kolmogorov |
Doctoral students | Nicolai V. Krylov Igor Girsanov Fridrikh Karpelevich Stanislav Molchanov Anatoliy Skorokhod Ernest Vinberg |
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