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'''Georgy Maximovich Adelson-Velsky''', (Гео́ргий Макси́мович Адельсо́н-Ве́льский, January 8, 1922 - April 26, 2014)
was a Soviet and Israeli mathematician, computer scientist and computer chess pioneer, most famous for inventing the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVL_tree AVL tree] along with [[Mathematician#Landis|Evgenii Landis]] <ref>Georgy Adelson-Velsky, [[Mathematician#Landis|Evgenii Landis]] ('''1962'''). ''An algorithm for the organization of information''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proceedings_of_the_USSR_Academy_of_Sciences Proceedings of the USSR Academy of Sciences], (Russian) English translation by Myron J. Ricci in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proceedings_of_the_USSR_Academy_of_Sciences#Soviet_Mathematics_-_Doklady Soviet Mathematics Doklady], No. 3</ref>, and as co-author of the [[ITEP Chess Program]] and [[Kaissa]]. Adelson-Velsky and his fellow [[Alexander Kronrod]] were the last students of [[Mathematician#Luzin|Nikolai Luzin]] at [[Moscow State University]], where he graduated in 1949 under [[Mathematician#Gelfand|Israel Gelfand]] on ''Spectral Analysis of Ring of Bounded Linear Operators'' <ref>[http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=173871 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Georgiy Adelson-Velsky]</ref> <ref>[http://dynkincollection.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/Adelson-Velsky%28Eng%29%20-D.pdf Interview with Georgy Adelson-Velsky] (pdf) by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Dynkin [Mathematician#Dynkin|Eugene Dynkin]], Moscow, September 1, 1990 </ref>.
In the 90s, Adelson-Velsky emigrated to Israel and lived in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod Ashdod] <ref>[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Maximowitsch_Adelson-Welski Georgi Maximowitsch Adelson-Welski - Wikipedia.de] (German)</ref>, at times affiliated with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technion_%E2%80%93_Israel_Institute_of_Technology Technion], and Mathematics & Computer Science department of [[Bar-Ilan University]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/6fW4CaesCVI/LCQcjEpaI4kJ Kaissa & Botvinik] by [[Shay Bushinsky]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 16, 1997</ref>. Georgy Adelson-Velsky died on April 26, 2014, aged 92, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giv%27atayim Giv'atayim], Israel <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy_Adelson-Velsky Georgy Adelson-Velsky from Wikipedia]</ref> <ref>[http://mishafurman.livejournal.com/318852.html Misha Furman - RIP: Георгий Максимович Адельсон-Вельский], April 26, 2014</ref>.
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=173871 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Georgiy Adelson-Velsky]
* [http://dynkincollection.library.cornell.edu/biographies/817 Georgy M. Adelson-Velsky Biography], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Dynkin Dynkin Collection]
: [http://dynkincollection.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/Adelson-Velsky%28Eng%29%20-D.pdf Interview with Georgy Adelson-Velsky] (pdf) by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Dynkin[Mathematician#Dynkin|Eugene Dynkin]], Moscow, September 1, 1990
* [http://www.evi.com/q/facts_about__georgy_adelson-velsky Facts about Georgy Adelson-Velsky - Evi]
* [http://www.forevermissed.com/georgy-m-adelson-velsky/gallery#gallery%2Fphotos Photos of Georgy M Adelson-Velsky (1922 - 2014) - ForeverMissed.com]

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