# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-kronrod
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:49:30.967Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-kronrod"
name: "Alexander Kronrod"
slug: "alexander-kronrod"
description: "Aleksandr Semyonovich Kronrod was a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, best known for the Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula which he published in 1964. Earlier, he worked on computational solutions of problems emerging in theoretical physics. He is also known for his contributions to economics, specifically for proposing corrections and calculating price formation for the USSR. Later, Kronrod gave his fortune and life to medicine to care for terminal cancer patients. Kronrod is remembered for his captivating personality and was admired as a student, teacher and leader."
tagline: "Soviet mathematician (1921–1986)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1921-10-22"
deathDate: "1986-10-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.723237597911227
  historical:           10.08283066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "ألكسندر كرونرود"
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    title: "اليكساندير كرونرود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kronrod"
    title: "Alexander Kronrod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Semjonowitsch_Kronrod"
    title: "Alexander Semjonowitsch Kronrod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Kronrod"
    title: "Aleksandr Kronrod"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Kronrod"
    title: "Alexandre Kronrod"
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  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kronrod"
    title: "Alexander Kronrod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kronrod"
    title: "Alexander Kronrod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kronrod"
    title: "Alexander Kronrod"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
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    title: "Aleksander Semjonovič Kronrod"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump