Georgy Voronoy

Georgy Voronyi
Born
Georgy Feodosevich Voronyi (Георгій Феодосійович Вороний)

(1868-04-28)28 April 1868
Died20 November 1908(1908-11-20) (aged 40)
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Other namesGeorgiy Feodosiyovich Voronyi (Георгій Феодосійович Вороний; Russian Empire
Alma materSaint Petersburg University
Known forVoronoi diagram (Voronyi Tessellation)
Voronoi iteration
Voronoi formula
Scientific career
FieldsContinued fractions
InstitutionsUniversity of Warsaw
Doctoral advisorAndrey Markov
Doctoral studentsWacław Sierpiński
Boris Delaunay

Georgy Feodosevich Voronyi (Russian: Георгий Феодосьевич Вороной; Ukrainian: Георгій Феодосійович Вороний; 28 April 1868 – 20 November 1908) was an Imperial Russian mathematician of Ukrainian descent noted for defining the Voronoi diagram.