Eugene Dynkin
Soviet-American mathematician
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Eugene Borisovich Dynkin was a Soviet and American mathematician. He made contributions to the fields of probability and algebra, especially semisimple Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Markov processes. The Dynkin diagram, the Dynkin system, and... Wikipedia
Born: May 11, 1924, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: November 14, 2014 (age 90 years), Ithaca, NY
Notable students: Ernest Vinberg, Michael Shur, Robert J. Vanderbei, and more
Award: Leroy P. Steele Prize (1993)
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