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Presented By 

 Ayesha Pervez

Sara Akhtar

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Introduction Andrei Nikolaevich Kolmogorov, born 25 April 1903 in

Tambov.

He was the foremost contemporary Sovietmathematician.

He was not only a mathematician but also a greatteacher.

He wrote about 300 research papers.

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Contributions Set theory, projective geometry, and theory of analytic

functions.

topological problems. Mathematical logic

intuitionist reasoning

probability theory 

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In 1931 K. was made professor at Moscow University,and from 1937 held the chair of theory of probability 

mechanics of turbulence Theory of automata

Theory of algorithms

13th problem

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Kolmogorov’s Complexity 

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He worked on ballistics

From 1946 to 1983, he was President of the Moscow

Mathematical Society  Editor -in-chief of Uspekhi Math

Head of probability theory 

From 1966 till 1976 he was the head of the

Interdepartmental Laboratory of Statistical Methods

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From 1976 to 1980 he held the chair of mathematicalstatistics

Director of the Institute of Mathematics andMechanics of the Moscow State University 

the head of the mathematics section of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics

From 1954 to 1958 he was Dean of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the University.

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As a Teacher He started teaching in 1922 in a school

In 1929, became instructor in university 

He actively took part in organizing mathematicalOlympiads

He gave new contents of mathematics in secondary schools

He also gave lectures to the students on music, art andliterature

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Research Papers probability theory 

projective geometry 

mathematical statistics the theory of functions of a real variable

topology 

mathematical logic

mathematical biology 

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philosophy 

history of mathematics.

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Awards Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (1963)

London Royal Society (1964)

USA National Society (1967) the Paris Academy of Sciences (1968)

Polish Academy of Sciences

Rumanian Academy of Sciences (1956)

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1959)

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American Academy of Sciences and Arts in Boston(1959).He was presented with honorary doctorates from theuniversities of Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Stockholm, etc.

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He was elected a honorary member of the Moscow,London, Indian, and Calcutta Mathematical Societies,of the London Royal Statistical Society, theInternational Statistical Institute, and the AmericanMeteorological Society 

. In 1963 he was awarded the International Bolzanoprize

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