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A film about the House in Komarovka was shown at the closing of the Summer School
On Saturday, August 27, the closing ceremony of the 3rd International Summer School in Financial Mathematics of the Vega Institute Foundation took place, which was held during the week at the Kochubey Center, Pushkin town (St. Petersburg).General Director of the Foundation Kirill Yuryevich Klimov, special guest of the school Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honored Professor of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Head of the Department of Probability Theory Albert Nikolaevich Shiryaev and one of the invited lecturers, Professor of Moscow State University, Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick Vasily Nikitich Kolokoltsov.
One of the main closing events was a film made by the Foundation with the support and active participation of Albert Nikolaevich Shiryaev, about the house of A.N. Kolmogorov in Komarovka - an inspired place of numerous discoveries of the great Russian mathematician.
The film managed to convey the unique atmosphere of the house, filled with relics and memories of those times. Albert Nikolayevich, a student of Kolmogorov, gave a tour of the house and told vivid stories from the life of his Teacher.
Albert Nikolayevich also connected to the meeting online and gave parting words to the participants of the school.
The Foundation is grateful for the active work of the school participants during the educational process and for the support of new projects. As a part of the Foundation's community, students will be able to take part in various educational initiatives of the Foundation.