Andrey Kolmogorov
| Andrey Kolmogorov | |
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| Андрей Колмогоров | |
| Born | Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov 25 April 1903 | 
| Died | 20 October 1987 (aged 84) | 
| Alma mater | Moscow State University (PhD) | 
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| Spouse | Anna Dmitrievna Egorova  (m. 1942–1987) | 
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| Fields | Mathematics | 
| Institutions | Moscow State University | 
| Doctoral advisor | Nikolai Luzin | 
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Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, IPA: [ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf] ⓘ, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Soviet mathematician who played a central role in the creation of modern probability theory. He also contributed to the mathematics of topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.