= Nikolai Smirnov (mathematician)
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Nikolai Smirnov (1900–1974) was a prominent Russian mathematician known for his contributions to various areas of mathematics, particularly in statistics and probability theory. He is best known for the Smirnov tests, which are statistical methods used for assessing the goodness of fit of a distribution, specifically the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test that compares a sample distribution to a reference probability distribution or compares two sample distributions.
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