Eugene Dynkin Scientist

Eugene Borisovich Dynkin (Russian: Евге́ний Бори́сович Ды́нкин; May 11, 1924 – 14 November 2014) was a Soviet and American mathematician. He has made contributions to the fields of probability and algebra, especially semisimple Lie groups, Lie algebras, and Markov processes. The Dynkin diagram, the Dynkin system, and Dynkin's lemma are named for him.

Personal facts

Birth date	May 11, 1924
Birth place	Soviet Union , Saint Petersburg
Citizenship	United States
Residence	Ithaca , United States , New York
Education	Moscow State University

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Scientist

awards	Leroy P. Steele Prize
doctoral advisor	Andrey Kolmogorov
doctoral student	Anatoliy Skorokhod Igor Girsanov Nicolai V. Krylov Ernest Vinberg Fridrikh Karpelevich
Field of study	Mathematics