Name: Alexey Andreevich Lyapunov

Born: 1911

Death: 1973 (Age: 62)

  • Soviet mathematician and early pioneer of computer science.
  • One of the founders of cybernetics.
  • Specialist in the fields of real variable function theory, mathematical problems of cybernetics, set theory, programming theory, mathematical linguistics, and mathematical biology.

Honors and awards

  • Awarded the Order of Lenin. Elected a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences of the Department of Mathematics (1964).
  • Awarded the Pioneer of Computer Technology Medal (1996).