Leonid Khachiyan

Russian mathematician.

Born May 3rd, 1952 in Saint Petersburg.

Died April 29th, 2005 at 52 years old in New Jersey (myocardial infarction).

Occupations
computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks