Alexander Semenovich Holevo(russian: Алекса́ндр Семéнович Хóлево, also spelled as Kholevo and Cholewo) is a
Soviet
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and
Russia
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n
mathematician
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Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
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, one of the pioneers of
quantum information science
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.
Biography
Steklov Mathematical Institute
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, Moscow, since 1969. He graduated from
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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in 1966, defended a PhD Thesis in 1969 and a Doctor of Science Thesis in 1975. Since 1986 A.S. Holevo is a Professor (
Moscow State University
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and
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
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).
Research
A.S. Holevo made substantial contributions in the mathematical foundations of
quantum theory
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*Quantum mechanics, a major field of physics
*Old quantum theory, predating modern quantum mechanics
* Quantum field theory, an area of quantum mechanics that includes:
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,
quantum statistics and
quantum information
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theory. In 1973 he obtained an upper bound for the amount of classical information that can be extracted from an ensemble of quantum states by quantum measurements (this result is known as ''
Holevo's theorem''). A.S. Holevo developed the mathematical theory of
quantum communication channels, the noncommutative theory of statistical decisions, he proved
coding theorems in quantum information theory and revealed the structure of
quantum Markov semigroups and measurement processes. A.S. Holevo is the author of about one-hundred and seventy published works, including five monographs.
Honours and awards
* Andrey Markov Prize of Russian Academy of Sciences (1997)
* Prizes for the best scientific achievements of Russian Academy of Sciences (1992, 1995, 2008)
* Quantum Communication Award (1996)
* Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (1999).
* Invited Speaker of the
International Congress of Mathematicians
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The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize (to be rename ...
, Madrid (2006)
*Claude E. Shannon Award (2016)
Bibliography
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See also
* History of quantum computing
* Werner–Holevo channels
References
1943 births
Living people
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology faculty
Moscow State University faculty
Quantum information science
20th-century Russian mathematicians
Soviet mathematicians
Quantum information scientists
Steklov Institute of Mathematics faculty
Information theorists
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