Pavel Alexandrov
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Pavel Sergeyevich Alexandrov, sometimes romanized Paul Alexandroff, was a Soviet mathematician. He wrote roughly three hundred papers, making important contributions to set theory and topology. In top
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Andrey Kolmogorov
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Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov was a Soviet mathematician who played a central role in the creation of modern probability theory. He also gave fundamental contributions to the mathematics of topology,
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…Urysohn died when they swam together in the Atlantic Ocean, in Batz-sur-Mer, during their vacations in August 1924. Later, he got together with Andrey Kolmogorov, and stayed with him for the rest of his life. Looking back at their relationship, he stated: "In 1979 this friendship [with Kolmogorov] celebrated its…
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Kolmogorov (left) delivers a talk at a Soviet information theory symposium. (Tallinn, 1973)
Kolmogorov works on his talk (Tallinn, 1973)