andrei markov

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Andrei Markov
    n 1: Russian mathematician (1856-1922) [syn: {Markov}, {Andrei
         Markov}, {Markoff}, {Andre Markoff}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Andrei Markov

   <person> 1856-1922.  The Russian mathematician, after who
   {Markov chains} were named.

   Biography
   
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Markov.html).

   [Other contributions?]

   (1995-10-06)