Andrey Kolmogorov

Andrey Kolmogorov
Andrey Kolmogorov
Андрей Колмогоров
Born	Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov; 25 April 1903; Tambov, Russian Empire
Died	20 October 1987 (aged 84); Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow State University (PhD)
Known for	Probability theory; Probability space; Topology; Intuitionistic logic; Turbulence studies; Classical mechanics; Mathematical analysis; Kolmogorov complexity; KAM theorem; KPP equation;
Spouse	Anna Dmitrievna Egorova (m. 1942⁠–⁠1987)
Awards	Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Stalin Prize (1941); Balzan Prize (1962); ForMemRS (1964); Lenin Prize (1965); Wolf Prize (1980); Lobachevsky Prize (1986);
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Moscow State University
Doctoral advisor	Nikolai Luzin
Doctoral students	Vladimir Alekseev; Vladimir Arnold; Sergei N. Artemov; Grigory Barenblatt; Roland Dobrushin; Eugene Dynkin; Israil Gelfand; Boris Gnedenko; Leonid Levin; Valerii Kozlov; Per Martin-Löf; Robert Minlos; Andrei Monin; Sergey Nikolsky; Alexander Obukhov; Yuri Prokhorov; Yakov Sinai; Albert Shiryaev; Anatoli Vitushkin; Vladimir Uspensky; Akiva Yaglom; Vladimir Vovk;
Other notable students	Tony Hoare

Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf] ^ⓘ, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) 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, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, functional analysis, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.