Gennadii Rubinstein


Gennadii Shlemovich Rubinstein was a Russian mathematician. His research focused on mathematical programming and operations research. His name is associated to the Kantorovich–Rubinstein metric, also commonly known as the Wasserstein distance, used in optimal transport.

Doctorate

Gennadii Rubinstein got his doctorate in St. [Petersburg State University] in 1956, under the supervision of Leonid V. Kantorovich.