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Andrey Markov | |
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Андрей Марков | |
Born | N.S. | 14 June 1856
Died | 20 July 1922 | (aged 66)
Nationality | Russian |
Alma mater | St. Petersburg University |
Known for | Markov chains Markov processes Stochastic processes |
Children | Andrey Markov Jr. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, specifically probability theory and statistics |
Institutions | St. Petersburg University |
Doctoral advisor | Pafnuty Chebyshev |
Doctoral students |
Andrey Andreyevich Markov[a] (14 June 1856 – 20 July 1922) was a Russian mathematician best known for his work on stochastic processes. A primary subject of his research later became known as the Markov chain. He was also a strong, close to master-level, chess player.
Markov and his younger brother Vladimir Andreyevich Markov (1871–1897) proved the Markov brothers' inequality. His son, another Andrey Andreyevich Markov (1903–1979), was also a notable mathematician, making contributions to constructive mathematics and recursive function theory.[2]
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