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Leonid Kantorovich was a Russian mathematician who lived from 1912 to 1986 and made important contributions to mathematics and economics, including developing methods for optimization and linear programming that had practical applications in planning and resource allocation. His work matters because it provided mathematical tools that influenced how economists and businesses approach problems of efficiently distributing limited resources.
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- Born
- 1912-01-15
- Died
- 1986-04-07
- Works
- 11
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- Functional analysis in normed spaces
- The best use of economic resources
- Ekonomicheskiǐ raschet nailuchshego ispol'zovaniia resursov
- Funktionalanalysis in normierten Räumen [von] L.W. Kantorowitsch [und] G.P. Akilow
- Funktsional'nyǐ analiz v poluuporiadochennykh prostranstvakh
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Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich (Russian: Леонид Витальевич Канторович, IPA: [lʲɪɐˈnʲit vʲɪˈtalʲjɪvʲɪtɕ kəntɐˈrovʲɪtɕ] ; 19 January 1912 – 7 April 1986) was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programming. He was the winner of the Stalin Prize in 1949 and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975.
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1912 births1986 deaths20th-century Russian economists20th-century Russian Jews20th-century Russian mathematicians20th-century Russian scientists20th-century statisticiansAcademic staff of Military Engineering-Technical UniversityAcademic staff of Novosibirsk State UniversityAcademic staff of Saint Petersburg State UniversityApproximation theorists