Viacheslav Belavkin | |
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| Born | 20 May 1946 |
| Died | 27 November 2012 (aged 66) |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Known for | Belavkin equation Choi's theorem on completely positive maps |
| Awards | State Prize of the Russian Federation |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Nottingham |
| Doctoral advisor | Ruslan Stratonovich |
Viacheslav Pavlovich Belavkin (Russian: Вячеслав Павлович Белавкин; 20 May 1946 – 27 November 2012) was a Russian-British professor in applied mathematics at the University of Nottingham. An active researcher, he was one of the pioneers of quantum probability. His research spanned areas such as quantum filtering, quantum information and quantum chaos.