Andrey Kolmogorov

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Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров) (April 25, 1903 - October 20, 1987) was a Soviet mathematician who made major advances in the fields of probability theory and topology. Born in a Russian family in Tambov, he worked early in his career on intuitionistic logic, and Fourier series. He also worked on turbulence, classical mechanics, and information theory; 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, in 1931 he became professor at this university. In 1939 he received the title of academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He died in Moscow.

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 dimension (upper box dimension)
• Kolmogorov complexity
• Kolmogorov space
• Kolmogorov-Smirnov test
• Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theorem
• Kolmogorov's zero-one law
• Chapman-Kolmogorov equation
• Chaitin-Kolmogorov randomness
• Astronomical seeing described by Kolmogorov's turbulence law

Bibliography

Image:Kolmogorov-m.jpg Writings in English translation

• 1991-93. Selected works of A.N. Kolmogorov, 3 vols. Tikhomirov, V. M., ed., Volosov, V. M., trans. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• 1925. "On the principle of excluded middle" in Jean van Heijenoort, 1967. A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931. Harvard Univ. Press: 414-37.

A bibliography of his works appeared in The Annals of Probability, 17(3): 945--964 (July 1989).

External links

• The Legacy of Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov 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.
• The origins and legacy of Kolmogorov's Grundbegriffe
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• A Short Biography of A.N. Kolmogorov, national research institute for Mathematics and Computer Science in the Netherlands
• Collection of links to Kolmogorov resources
• Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (in Russian)
• Kolmogorov School at Moscow University
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