The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1975
Awarded on: 1975-10-14
"for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources"
Affiliations:
- Academy of Sciences – Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich
Born: 1912-01-19 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (now Russia)
Gender: male
Field: Russian mathematician (1912–1986)
Biography
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 Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1975.