Naum Krasner (21 February 1924 – 5 March 1999) was a Russian

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and

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. A former

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in the

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, he joined

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as a student in 1957 and, on graduating in 1961, joined the faculty there. In 1969 he became Methods of

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Chair and, later, vice-dean of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics.

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In memory of Naum Krasner
1924 births 1999 deaths Soviet economists Soviet mathematicians 20th-century Russian mathematicians 20th-century Russian economists Voronezh State University alumni Ukrainian mathematicians Ukrainian Jews Soviet Army officers {{Russia-scientist-stub