Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov (; 15 December 1929 – 16 July 2013) was a Soviet and Russian

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, active in the field of

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. He was a

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Andrey Kolmogorov Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov ( rus, Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf, a=Ru-Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov.ogg, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Soviet ...

at the

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, where he obtained his PhD in 1956. Prokhorov became a corresponding member of the

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in 1966, a full member in 1972. He was a vice-president of the

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. He received

Lenin Prize The Lenin Prize (, ) was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union for accomplishments relating to science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology. It was originally created on June 23, 1925, and awarded until 1934. During ...

in 1970,

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

in 1975 and 1979. He was also an editor of the

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References

* Larry Shepp, "A Conversation with Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov", ''Statistical Science'', Vol. 7, No. 1 (February, 1992), pp. 123–130.

External links

Yuri Prokhorov — scientific works on the website Math-Net.RuYuriĭ Vasilʹevich Prokhorov — scientific works in MathSciNet
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Yuri Vasilevich Prokhorov
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1929 births 2013 deaths 20th-century Russian mathematicians 21st-century Russian mathematicians Mathematicians from Moscow Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Full Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Moscow State University alumni Recipients of the Lenin Prize Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Probability theorists Soviet mathematicians {{Russia-mathematician-stub Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery

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