Eugene Dynkin: Russian mathematician (1924-2014)
Eugene Borisovich Dynkin (Russian: Евге́ний Бори́сович Ды́нкин; May 11, 1924 – 14 November 2014) was a Soviet-American mathematician.
He worked most in probability and algebra. Dynkin especially worked in semisimple Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Markov processes. The Dynkin diagram, the Dynkin system, and Dynkin's lemma are named for him. Before his death, Dynkin was a mathematician at Cornell University.
Eugene Dynkin | |
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 Dynkin in 1976 | |
| Born | Eugene Borisovich Dynkin 11 May 1924 |
| Died | 14 November 2014 (aged 90) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Moscow University |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1993) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Moscow University Central Economic Mathematical Institute Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Andrey Kolmogorov |
| Doctoral students | Nicolai V. Krylov Igor Girsanov Fridrikh Karpelevich Anatoliy Skorokhod Ernest Vinberg Complete List |
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