Bingham, N. H. The worldwide influence of the work of B. V. Gnedenko. (English) Zbl 1293.60002 Theory Probab. Appl. 58, No. 1, 17-24 (2014); translation from Teor. Veroyatn. Primen. 58, No. 1, 27-36 (2013). Summary: We discuss the life and work of B. V. Gnedenko, with particular reference to his pioneering work on extreme-value theory and, with Kolmogorov and others, limit theorems. MSC: 60-03 History of probability theory 01A70 Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Full Text: DOI