About Yury Prokhorov
Lived 1929 – 2013 (aged 83). Yury Prokhorov was a Russian mathematician and university teacher.
Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov (; 15 December 1929 – 16 July 2013) was a Soviet and 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 Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union 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.
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Who was Yury Prokhorov?
Soviet mathematician (1929-2013)
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Yury Prokhorov was born on 15 December 1929 in Moscow.
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Yury Prokhorov died on 16 July 2013 in Moscow.
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Yury Prokhorov was a mathematician and university teacher.
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Yury Prokhorov was Russian.
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