Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov Юрий Васильевич Прохоров | |
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| Born | 15 December 1929 Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Died | 16 July 2013 (aged 83) Moscow, Russia |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union, Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Awards | Lenin Prize (1970) Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1975, 1979) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Probability theory |
| Institutions | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov |
Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov (Russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Про́хоров; 15 December 1929 – 16 July 2013) was a Russian mathematician, active in the field of probability theory. He was a PhD student of Andrey Kolmogorov at the Moscow State University, where he obtained his PhD in 1956.
Prokhorov became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1966, a full member in 1972. He was a vice-president of the IMU. He received Lenin Prize in 1970, Order of the Red Banner of Labour in 1975 and 1979. He was also an editor of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
See also
- Lévy–Prokhorov metric
- Prokhorov's theorem
References
- Larry Shepp, "A Conversation with Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov", Statistical Science, Vol. 7, No. 1 (February, 1992), pp. 123–130.