Vitold Belevitch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vitold Belevitch

Belgian mathematician

Date of Birth: 02-Mar-1921

Place of Birth: Zelenogorsk, Russia

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1999

Profession: engineer, mathematician

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Vitold Belevitch (2 March 1921 – 26 December 1999) was a Belgian mathematician and electrical engineer of Russian origin who produced some important work in the field of electrical network theory.
Born to parents fleeing the Bolsheviks, he settled in Belgium where he worked on early computer construction projects.
Belevitch is responsible for a number of circuit theorems and introduced the now well-known scattering parameters. Belevitch had an interest in languages and found a mathematical derivation of Zipf's law.
He also published on machine languages.
Another field of interest was transmission lines, where he published on line coupling.
He worked on telephone conferencing and introduced the mathematical construct of the conference matrix.