Mark Krein
Mark Krein | |
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Марк Крейн | |
The memorial plaque of Mark Krein, c. 2003 | |
| Born | Mark Grigorievich Krein 3 April 1907 Kiev, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 17 October 1989 (aged 82) Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Odessa University |
| Known for | Functional analysis Krein space Krein's condition Krein's extension theorem Krein–Milman theorem Krein–Rutman theorem Krein–Smulian theorem Akhiezer–Krein–Favard constant Markov–Krein theorem Tannaka–Krein duality |
| Awards | Wolf Prize (1982) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Operator theory mathematical physics |
| Institutions | Odessa University Odessa Civil Engineering Institute |
| Academic advisors | Nikolai Chebotaryov |
| Doctoral students | Vadym Adamyan Israel Gohberg David Milman Mark Naimark Mikhail Samuilovich Livsic |
Mark Grigorievich Krein (Russian: Марк Григо́рьевич Крейн; Ukrainian: Марко́ Григо́рович Крейн; 3 April 1907 – 17 October 1989) was a Soviet mathematician, one of the major figures of the Soviet school of functional analysis. He is known for works in operator theory (in close connection with concrete problems coming from mathematical physics), the problem of moments, classical analysis and representation theory.