Georgy Voronoy

Georgy Voronoy
Георгий Вороной
Born
Georgy Feodosyevich Voronoy (Георгий Феодосьевич Вороной)

(1868-04-28)28 April 1868
Zhuravka, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire
Died20 November 1908(1908-11-20) (aged 40)
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Other namesGeorgiy Feodosiyovich Voronyi (Георгій Феодосійович Вороний; Russian Empire
Alma materSaint Petersburg University
Known forVoronoi diagram (Voronoy Tessellation)
Voronoi iteration
Voronoi formula
Scientific career
FieldsContinued fractions
InstitutionsUniversity of Warsaw
Doctoral advisor
Andrey Markov
Doctoral students
Wacław Sierpiński
Boris Delaunay

Georgy Feodosevich Voronoy (Russian: Георгий Феодосьевич Вороной; Ukrainian: Георгій Феодосійович Вороний; 28 April 1868 – 20 November 1908) was an Imperial Russian mathematician of Ukrainian descent noted for defining the Voronoi diagram.

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