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Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1986)

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Leonid Kantorovich

Russian mathematician (1912–1986)

Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He is regarded as the founder of linear programming. He was the winner of the Stalin Prize in 1949 and the Nobel…
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Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

Award established in 1968 by Sveriges Riksbank

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, is an award in the field of economic sciences administered by the Nobel Foundation,…
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