Vladimir Kotelnikov

Vladimir Kotelnikov
Владимир Котельников
Kotelnikov in 2003
Born
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov

6 September 1908
Died11 February 2005(2005-02-11) (aged 96)
NationalityRussian
Known forSampling theorem

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov (Russian: Владимир Александрович Котельников; 6 September 1908 – 11 February 2005) was an information theory and radar astronomy pioneer from the Soviet Union. He was elected a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Technical Science (radio technology) in 1953. From 30 July 1973 to 25 March 1980 Kotelnikov served as chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR.