Leonid Vitalievich Kantorovich, 1912-1986

Kantorovich shared the Nobel Memorial prize in 1975 with his co-developer in linear programming across the ideological divide of the Cold War - T.C. Koopmans.

Major Works of Leonid Kantorovich

• "Mathematical Methods of Organising and Planning Production", 1939 (repr. in Management Science, 1960).
• "Further Development of Mathematical Methods and Prospects of their Application in Economic Planning", 1959, in Nemchimov, editor, The Use of Mathematics in Economics.
• The Best Use of Economic Resources, 1959
• Functional Analysis, with G.P. Akilov, 1959
• Mathematicheskoe optimal'noe programmivoranie v ekonomike, with A.V. Gortstko, 1968.
• Optimal'nye resheniia v ekonomike, with A.V. Gortsko, 1972
• "Economic Problems of Scientific and Technical Progress", 1976, Scand JE
• Essays on Optimal Planning, 1976.
• "Moi put'v nauke", 1987, Uspechi matematicheskich nauk
• "Mathematics in Economics: Achievements, difficulties, perspectives", 1989, AER
• "Problemy effektivnogo ispol'zovaniia i razvitiia transporta, 1989

Resources on Leonid Kantorovich

• HET Pages: Linear Programming, Wald System
• Autobiography of Kantorovich at Nobel site.
• C.V. of Kantorovich at Nobel site.
• Press release of Nobel award (1975).
• Kantorovich Page at Nobel Prize Internet Archive
• Kantorovich page at PEI
• Kantorovich at the MacTutor Mathematics Archive
• 1986 Obituary, Boston Globe
• Photo of Prof. Kantorovich with Dr. Kummerow in Leipzig 1976 
  Kantorovich page at Britannica.com
• Kantorovich page at Britannica Guide to the Nobel Prizes
• Kantorovich at Bartleby
• Kantorovich Page at Laura Forgette