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Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров) ( April 25 , 1903 - October 20 , 1987 ) was a Soviet Mathematician who made major advances in the fields of Probability Theory and Topology . Born in a Russian family in Tambov , he worked early in his career on Intuitionistic Logic , and Fourier Series . He also worked on Turbulence , Classical Mechanics , and Information Theory ; and was a founder of Algorithmic Complexity Theory . Kolmogorov worked at Moscow State University . He studied under Nikolai Luzin , earning his Ph.D. in 1925 , in 1931 he became Professor at this university. In 1939 he received the title of academician of the USSR Academy Of Sciences . He died in Moscow . Quote: :"The theory of probability as mathematical discipline can and should be developed from axioms in exactly the same way as Geometry and Algebra." SEE ALSO
BIBLIOGRAPHY Writings in English translation
A bibliography of his works appeared in The Annals of Probability, 17(3): 945--964 (July 1989). EXTERNAL LINKS
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