Gennadii Rubinstein

Gennadii Shlemovich Rubinstein
Born26 April 1923
Odessa
Died2 May 2004
Alma materOdessa State University
St. Petersburg State University
Known forExtremal problems
Function spaces
Mathematical programming
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsLeningrad State University
Sobolev Institute of Mathematics
Novosibirsk State University
Doctoral advisorLeonid V. Kantorovich

Gennadii Shlemovich Rubinstein (rus: Геннадий Шлемович Рубинштейн) was a Russian mathematician.[1] His research focused on mathematical programming and operations research. His name is associated to the Kantorovich–Rubinstein metric, also commonly known as the Wasserstein distance, used in optimal transport.

Gennadii Rubinstein got his doctorate in St. Petersburg State University in 1956, under the supervision of Leonid V. Kantorovich.

Alternate form of the first name: Gennady.

Alternate forms of the last name: Rubinšteĭn, Rubinshtein.

  1. ^ "Rubinshtein, Gennadii Shlemovich". Persons. Math-Net.ru. Retrieved 2021-11-27.