Math from Biblionne

One of 5 200 copies printed. Kantorovich's first book. Guide for students of Leningrad State University's math and physics faculties. L. Kantorovich stood here as author of some chapters and as a compiler of the whole book. He was just twenty-one years old in 1933. He entered University in age 14 and became professor in twenty and full professor in LSU… Saber más sobre este artículo

Stockholm, Norstedts Tryckeri, 1976. Signed and inscribed by the author in Russian: 'Dorogomu / Olegu Fedorovichu / Vasilevu / na dobruyu pamyat' / Vena 31/77 / L Kantorovich' ['To dear Oleg Fedorovich Vasilev in memory. Vienna January 31, 1977']. In 1975 Leonid Kantorovich and Tjalling C. Koopmans jointly won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to the theory… Saber más sobre este artículo

One of 1 000 copies printed. First edition. Leonid Kantorovich (1912-1986), prominent Russian mathematician and economist, is considered as 'one of the father founders of the modern economic-mathematical methods'. In 1938, when he was 26, he started consulting for the Laboratory of the Plywood Trust. 'They had the problem of finding the best distribution of materials to different factories for optimal… Saber más sobre este artículo