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Mendivil abstract the mongekantorovich distance gives a metric between probability distributions on a metric space x and the mk distance is tied to the underlying metric on x. Leonid kantorovich biography, in russian submitted by natalia svetova leonid vitalyevich kantorovich biography submitted by shawn contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources. This is a digitized version of an article from the timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Leonid kantorovich simple english wikipedia, the free. In his early academic career he collaborated with gregory lozanovsky, another important mathematician from the kantorovich school. Kantorovichs work was just too significant to ignore, even if the corrupt, bureaucracy laden soviet economy couldnt make proper use of it. Kantorovich developed linear programming as a technique for planning expenditures and returns in order to optimize costs to the army and increase losses to the enemy. The nobel prize, iiasa, tjalling koopmans, and leonid kantorovich. Find out information about leonid vitaliyevich kantorovich.
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It was resurrected two decades later after the major developments had already taken place in the west. Kantorovich was awarded the nobel prize in 1975, along with tjalling koopmans, for their development of the theory of optimal allocation of resources. Leonid vitaliyevich kantorovich 19 january 1912 7 april 1986 was a soviet mathematician. Leonid given name from wikimedia commons, the free media repository. Kantorovich, leonid vitalevich born jan 6 19, 1912, in st. An excellent paper by hitchcock in 1941 on the transportation problem was also overlooked until after. Original russian text copyright c 2012 kutateladze s. The socialist calculation debate, sometimes known as the economic calculation debate, was a discourse on the subject of how a socialist economy would perform economic calculation given the absence of the law of value, money, financial prices for capital goods and private ownership of the means of production. In his lifetime, kantorovich was celebrated for bringing economic reforms to the soviet union, introducing flexibility to marxist theory in a poststalinist. Media in category leonid kantorovich the following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total.
Definition of leonid kantorovich in the dictionary. An e cient numerical approximation for the mongekantorovich mass transfer problem. In the 1930s, leonid kantarovich got a job assignment. Leonid kantorovich article about leonid kantorovich by. His first major breakthrough came in 1938 when he was consulting with the soviet governments laboratory of the plywood. The initial reaction by soviet economists was quite guarded, but over the years perspectives changed. Linear programming as well as mathematical economics. In 1965 kantorovich was honored somewhat ironically with the highly prestigious lenin prize. Leonid vitalyevich kantorovich russian mathematician and. He was the winner of the stalin prize in 1949 and the nobel prize in economics in 1975.
The nobel prize, iiasa, tjalling koopmans, and leonid kantorovich professor tjalling koopmans and professor leonid kantorovich jointly won the nobel prize in economics in 1975 for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources. He was awarded the nobel prize in economics in 1975. This biography provides detailed information about his childhood, life, research, achievements and timeline. Its development accelerated rapidly in the postwar period as many industries found valuable uses for linear programming. Jan 22, 2016 leonid vitaliyevich kantorovich russian. The two men independently developed a rational method, called activity analysis, for allocating resources so as to attain a given economic objective at. Borel sets and a nonnegative continuous cost functions. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Leonid kantorovich was a russian mathematician and economist. Leonid vitaliyevich kantorovich ideological profiles of. Klein, ryan daza, and hannah mead econ journal watch 103, september 20. Leonid vitalyevich kantorovich 1912 1986 soviet mathematician and economist who shared the 1975 nobel prize for economics with tjalling koopmans for their work on the optimal allocation of scarce resources. They have also lived in new york, ny and milwaukee, wi plus 1 other location. Leonid vitalyevich kantorovich 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.
June 2007 i want to write about what i know and remember about the activities of leonid vitalevich kantorovich, an outstanding scientist of the 20th century. I want to write about what i know and remember about the activities of leonid vitalevich kantorovich, an outstanding scientist of the 20th century. He is regairdit as the foonder o linear programmin. To make corrections to the bibliographic information of a particular item, find the technical contact on the abstract page of that item.
Original cia file on kantorovich, seized from the former us embassy in tehran. The mk distance or a closely related metric has been used in many areas of image comparison and retrieval and thus. The approximation scheme for the monge kantorovich mass. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, the times does. Leonid kantorovich the mathematics genealogy project.
If you have additional information or corrections regarding this mathematician, please use the update form. Research council, ssrhc file number 430201700439, as well. Academician of the academy of sciences of the ussr 1964. The nobel prize, iiasa, tjalling koopmans, and leonid. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Koopmans, dutchborn american economist who sharedwith leonid kantorovich of the soviet unionthe nobel prize for economics in 1975. Leonid kantorovich shared the 1975 nobel prize with tjalling koopmans for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources. Pdf the kantorovich theorem and interior point methods. In his lifetime, kantorovich was celebrated for bringing economic reforms to the soviet union, introducing flexibility to marxist theory in a poststalinist russia.
In 1930, kantorovich graduated from leningrad university, where he was an instructor from 1932 to 1934 and a professor from 1934 to 1960. Kantorovich, functional analysis and applied mathematics. Leonid kantorovich died on april 7, 1986, in moscow, russia, at the age of 74. Select this result to view leonid v kantorovich vs phone number, address, and more. Academician of the academy of sciences of the ussr. Leonid kantorovich wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. San petersburgo, 1912 moscu, 1986 matematico y economista sovietico. Leonid vitalevich kantorovich was a soviet mathematician and economic pioneer. Pdf mathematics and economics of leonid kantorovich.
Leonid kantorovich biography childhood, life achievements. Information and translations of leonid kantorovich in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. Professor tjalling koopmans and professor leonid kantorovich jointly won the nobel prize in economics in 1975 for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources. I am deeply moved by this high honor which has fallen my lot to receive and i am happy to have the opportunity to appear here as a participant in this honorable series of lectures. Kantorovich found that if the cost function is a distance, the translocation mass problem is a generalization of the. Leonid vitalyevich kantorovich 1912 1986 soviet mathematician and economist who shared the 1975 nobel prize for economics with tjalling koopmans for their work on.
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