Andrey Tikhonov (mathematician)
Andrey Tikhonov | |
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Tikhonov in 1975 | |
| Born | 17 October 1906 |
| Died | 7 October 1993 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | Important contributions to topology, functional analysis, mathematical physics, ill-posed problems;
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Moscow State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Pavel Alexandrov |
| Doctoral students | Aleksandr Andreyevich Samarskiĭ Alexei Georgievich Sveshnikov |
Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov (Russian: Андре́й Никола́евич Ти́хонов; 17 October 1906 – 7 October 1993) was a leading Soviet Russian mathematician and geophysicist known for important contributions to topology, functional analysis, mathematical physics, and ill-posed problems. He was also one of the inventors of the magnetotellurics method in geophysics. Other transliterations of his surname include "Tychonoff", "Tychonov", "Tihonov", "Tichonov".