Yury Prokhorov
Facts
28 properties- Instance of
- human
- Sex or gender
- male
- Date of birth
- December 15, 1929
- Date of death
- July 16, 2013
- Place of birth
- Moscow
- Place of death
- Moscow
- Country of citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia[8][9]
- Occupation
- mathematician, university teacher
- Employer
- Steklov Institute of Mathematics (1949–1956), Lomonosov Moscow State University (1960–2013), National Research Nuclear University (1956–1957), Steklov Institute of Mathematics (1958–2013)[13][14][15][16]
- Field of work
- probability theory, mathematics, mathematical statistics[10][11][12]
- Educated at
- MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics (1945–1949), Lomonosov Moscow State University (?–1956), Bauman Moscow State Technical University (1944–1945)[17][18][19]
- Award received
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Lenin Prize[23][24]
- Notable work
- Lévy–Prokhorov metric, Prokhorov's theorem[21][22]
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Russia
- Doctoral advisor
- Andrey Kolmogorov[20]
- Doctoral student
- Vyacheslav Sazonov, Sergey Ayvazyan, Ruben Hambardzumyan, Sergey Shorgin, Vladimir Illyich Rotar, Boris Alekseevich Rogozin, Ekaterina Vadimovna Bulinskaya, Oleg Viktorovich Viskov, Tsiala Galaktionovna Khakhubiya, P. G. Gamkrelidze, E. G. Samandarov, Evgueni I. Gordienko, Lioudmila Yu Vostrikova, Ernst L. Presman
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics
- Birth name
- Юрий Васильевич Прохоров
- Described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Faces of Moscow
- Family name
- Prokhorov
- Given name
- Yury
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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- Name in native language
- Юрий Васильевич Прохоров
- Place of burial
- Troyekurovskoye cemetery[7]
- ISNI
- 000000010966782X
- VIAF cluster ID
- 42689744
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n50062091
- GND ID
- 12126288X
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- Yuri Vasilevich Prokhorov.jpg ↗
- All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
- 17339
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
- jurij-prochorov
- Biografija.ru ID
- prokhorov-jurij-vasilevich
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- 12126288X
- Freebase ID
- /m/0gnx4t
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- prokhorov-iurii-vasil-evich-1d4e97
- IdRef ID
- 073757276
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- J9U entity ID
- 987007425569805171
- KBR person ID
- 14813736
- MR Author ID
- 193103
- MacTutor biography ID
- Prokhorov
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 17537
- NL CR AUT ID
- jn20000604520
- NUKAT ID
- n94315144
- National Library of Latvia ID
- 000014004
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810589979505606
- National Virtual Library of India ID
- 529968
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 073947571
- Prabook ID
- 1731654
- Russian Academy of Sciences person ID
- 197
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJyWRMmjCHpkDfBK87w3cP
- Yale LUX ID
- person/96bcd413-8619-4f5e-8f7e-56ddced14df1
- ZbMATH author ID
- prokhorov.yuri-v
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Summary
Yury Prokhorov was born in Moscow[1]. He was born on December 15, 1929[2]. He died in Moscow[3]. He died on July 16, 2013[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].
Body
Education
Educated at MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics[17], a faculty[26], in Soviet Union[27], founded in 1933[28]; Lomonosov Moscow State University[18], a public university[29], in Russia[30], founded in 1755[31], headquartered in Moscow[32]; and Bauman Moscow State Technical University[19], a national research university[33], in Russia[34], founded in 1830[35], headquartered in Moscow[36]. He earned the academic degree of Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics[37].
Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include probability theory[10], a branch of mathematics[38]; mathematics[11], an academic discipline[39]; and mathematical statistics[12], a branch of mathematics[40]. Employers include Steklov Institute of Mathematics[13], a research institute[41], in Russia[42], founded in 1934[43]; Lomonosov Moscow State University[14], a public university[44], in Russia[45], founded in 1755[46], headquartered in Moscow[47]; and National Research Nuclear University[15], a national research university[48], in Russia[49], founded in 1942[50], headquartered in Moscow[51]. Doctoral students include Vyacheslav Sazonov[52], a mathematician[53], 1935–2002[54], of Soviet Union[55], awarded the USSR State Prize[56], specialised in probability theory[57]; Sergey Ayvazyan[58], a mathematician[59], 1934–2019[60], of Soviet Union[61], awarded the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Prize[62]; Ruben Hambardzumyan[63], a mathematician[64], b. 1941[65], of Soviet Union[66], awarded the Medal of Anania Shirakatsi[67], specialised in calculus[68]; Sergey Shorgin[69], a poet[70], b. 1952[71], of Soviet Union[72], specialised in probability theory[73]; Vladimir Illyich Rotar[74]; and Boris Alekseevich Rogozin[75], a professor of mathematics[76], 1935–2004[77].
Works and Contributions
Things named for Yury Prokhorov include Prokhorov's theorem[78], a theorem[79] and Lévy–Prokhorov metric[80], a mathematical concept[81].
Recognition
Awards received include Order of the Red Banner of Labour[23], a socialist order of merit[82], in Soviet Union[83], founded in 1928[84] and Lenin Prize[24], a Soviet state award[85], in Soviet Union[86], founded in 1925[87].
Why It Matters
He is credited with the discovery of Lévy–Prokhorov metric[88], a mathematical concept[89]. Entities named for him include Prokhorov's theorem[78], a theorem[79] and Lévy–Prokhorov metric[80], a mathematical concept[81].
His notable doctoral advisees include Ruben Hambardzumyan[90], a mathematician[91], b. 1941[92], of Soviet Union[93], awarded the Medal of Anania Shirakatsi[94], specialised in calculus[95]; Vyacheslav Sazonov[96], a mathematician[97], 1935–2002[98], of Soviet Union[99], awarded the USSR State Prize[100], specialised in probability theory[101]; and Sergey Shorgin[102], a poet[103], b. 1952[104], of Soviet Union[105], specialised in probability theory[106].
FAQs
Where was Yury Prokhorov born?
Yury Prokhorov was born in Moscow[1].
Where did Yury Prokhorov die?
Yury Prokhorov passed away in Moscow[3].
What did Yury Prokhorov do for work?
Yury Prokhorov worked as mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].
Where did Yury Prokhorov go to school?
Yury Prokhorov was educated at MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics[17], Lomonosov Moscow State University[18], and Bauman Moscow State Technical University[19].
What awards did Yury Prokhorov receive?
Honors received include Order of the Red Banner of Labour[23] and Lenin Prize[24].
What did Yury Prokhorov discover?
Yury Prokhorov is credited as discoverer of Lévy–Prokhorov metric[88].