Alexander Kronrod
Mathematician, Academic
1921 – 1986
Who was Alexander Kronrod?
Aleksandr Semenovich Kronrod was a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss-Kronrod quadrature formula which he published in 1964. Earlier his computations informed theoretical physics. He is also known for his contributions to economics, specifically for proposing corrections and calculating price formation for the USSR. Later, Kronrod gave his fortune and life to medicine to care for terminal cancer patients. Kronrod is remembered for his captivating personality and was admired as a student, teacher and leader.
He is the author of several well known books, including "Nodes and weights of quadrature formulas. Sixteen-place tables" and "Conversations on Programming". A biographer wrote Kronrod gave ideas "away left and right, quite honestly being convinced that the authorship belongs to the one who implements them."
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- Born
- Oct 22, 1921
Moscow - Also known as
- Кронрод, Александр Семёнович
- Profession
- Education
- Moscow State University
- Died
- Oct 6, 1986
Moscow
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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