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Leonid Kantorovich
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich 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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science · Russian mathematician (1912–1986) · mathematician · economist · university teacher · also Leonid Kantorovich, Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich, Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich, Kantorovich
Born 19 January 1912 · Died 7 April 1986 · Q107441
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2007· 1 entry
“Mises, Kantorovich and economic computation.”
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1986· 1 entry
Died 1986-04-07.
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class (1985).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Halle-Wittenberg (1984).
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1975· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources.
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Awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (1975).
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1974· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (1974).
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1972).
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1969· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis (1969).
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1967· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1967).
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded doctor honoris causa from the University of Grenoble (1966).
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Prize (1965).
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1949· 3 entries
Awarded Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (1949).
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Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1949).
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And the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975
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1948· 1 entry
Kantorovich was assigned to the atomic project of the USSR
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1944· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1944).
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1939· 1 entry
Some years before it was advanced by George Dantzig
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1936· 1 entry
“On one class of functional equations”
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1934· 1 entry
At the age of 22 years, he became a full professor
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1930· 1 entry
Studied at Saint Petersburg State University (1926–1930).
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1926· 1 entry
At the age of fourteen, he began his studies at Leningrad State University
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1912· 1 entry
Born 1912-01-19.
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