Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich (Russian: Леони́д Вита́льевич Канторо́вич, ) (19 January 1912 – 7 April 1986) 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 Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975.
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19 January 1912 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
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Died |
7 April 1986 (aged 74) Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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