Which man received the Henri Poincaré Prize in 1997, the Fields Medal in 1998, Vladimir Levenshtein or Maxim Kontsevich?
Vladimir Levenshtein Vladimir Iosifovich Levenshtein (Russian: Влади́мир Ио́сифович Левенште́йн ; ] ; born 1935) is a Russian scientist who has done research in information theory, error-correcting codes, and combinatorial design. Among other contributions, he is known for the Levenshtein distance and a Levenshtein algorithm, which he developed in 1965.
Lev Gutenmaher Lev Israilevich Gutenmaher (Russian: Лев Изра́илевич Гутенма́хер ) was a Soviet mathematician who conducted pioneering research in the area of computing technologies and made significant contributions to the early development of computer science. He was a recipient of the Stalin and National awards for his work.