Yuri Linnik
Yuri Linnik · Science & Medicine
Number theory and probability; Linnik's theorem
1915, Bila Tserkva, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1972, Leningrad, Soviet Union
Soviet Union
Yuri Linnik is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theory and probability; Linnik's theorem
Linnik was a Soviet mathematician who proved Linnik's theorem on the least prime in an arithmetic progression and made deep contributions to number theory, probability and mathematical statistics. He was born to a Jewish family in Ukraine.
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Number theory and probability; Linnik's theorem
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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