Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov (russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Про́хоров; 15 December 1929 – 16 July 2013) was a Russian

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, active in the field of

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. He was a

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Andrey Kolmogorov Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov ( rus, Андре́й Никола́евич Колмого́ров, p=ɐnˈdrʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ kəlmɐˈɡorəf, a=Ru-Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov.ogg, 25 April 1903 – 20 October 1987) was a Sovi ...

at the

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, where he obtained his

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in 1956. Prokhorov became a corresponding member of the

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in 1966, a full member in 1972. He was a vice-president of the

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. He received Lenin Prize in 1970,

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in 1975 and 1979. He was also an editor of the

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References

* Larry Shepp, "A Conversation with Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov", ''Statistical Science'', Vol. 7, No. 1 (February, 1992), pp. 123–130.

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