Aleksandr Khinchin
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yakovlevich and the family name is Khinchin.
Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Я́ковлевич Хи́нчин, French: Alexandre Khintchine; July 19, 1894 – November 18, 1959) was a Soviet mathematician and one of the most significant contributors to the Soviet school of probability theory.
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Aleksandr Khinchin | |
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Born | Aleksandr Yakovlevich Khinchin (1894-07-19)July 19, 1894 |
Died | November 18, 1959(1959-11-18) (aged 65) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian, Soviet |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Moscow State University |
Doctoral advisor | Nikolai Luzin |
Doctoral students | Alexander Buchstab Alexander Gelfond |
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Due to romanization conventions, his name is sometimes written as "Khinchin" and other times as "Khintchine".