V. V. Petrov

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

V. V. Petrov is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Mathematical Physics and Finance. According to data from OpenAlex, V. V. Petrov has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 23 papers in Mathematical Physics and 13 papers in Finance. Recurrent topics in V. V. Petrov's work include Probability and Risk Models (37 papers), advanced mathematical theories (11 papers) and Stochastic processes and financial applications (11 papers). V. V. Petrov is often cited by papers focused on Probability and Risk Models (37 papers), advanced mathematical theories (11 papers) and Stochastic processes and financial applications (11 papers). V. V. Petrov collaborates with scholars based in Russia, Australia and China. V. V. Petrov's co-authors include Vygantas Paulauskas, A. D. Barbour, A. A. Brown, V. B. Nevzorov, John Robinson, Mikhail Lifshits, A. Yu. Zaîtsev and Ya. Yu. Nikitin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Russian Mathematical Surveys.

In The Last Decade

V. V. Petrov

53 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Sums of Independent Random Variables 1975 2026 1992 2009 1975 250 500 750
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Sums of Independent Random Variables
    1975 878 citations V. V. Petrov profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
V. V. Petrov Russia 15 822 729 711 497 327 65 2.1k
Richard C. Bradley United States 21 695 0.8× 583 0.8× 803 1.1× 656 1.3× 442 1.4× 84 2.4k
Allan Gut Sweden 22 852 1.0× 1.2k 1.6× 807 1.1× 657 1.3× 316 1.0× 88 2.4k
Walter Philipp United States 25 1.0k 1.2× 506 0.7× 568 0.8× 657 1.3× 360 1.1× 97 2.2k
А. А. Боровков Russia 27 1.2k 1.5× 1.2k 1.6× 825 1.2× 729 1.5× 268 0.8× 154 2.8k
Pál Révész Austria 23 770 0.9× 412 0.6× 542 0.8× 521 1.0× 263 0.8× 111 1.6k
Péter Major Hungary 18 747 0.9× 458 0.6× 1.0k 1.5× 1.1k 2.3× 397 1.2× 40 2.5k
Friedrich Götze Germany 26 928 1.1× 442 0.6× 1.4k 2.0× 494 1.0× 433 1.3× 168 2.5k
A. N. Shiryayev Russia 12 444 0.5× 454 0.6× 565 0.8× 1.3k 2.7× 392 1.2× 15 2.7k
Esa Nummelin Finland 16 798 1.0× 403 0.6× 1.0k 1.5× 351 0.7× 350 1.1× 40 1.8k
A. V. Skorokhod United States 20 940 1.1× 472 0.6× 483 0.7× 1.2k 2.4× 263 0.8× 64 2.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of V. V. Petrov

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All Works

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Petrov, V. V.. (2017). On the law of the iterated logarithm for sequences of dependent random variables. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Mathematics Mechanics Astronomy. 4(62)(1). 49–52. 2 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2017). On the law of the iterated logarithm for sequences of dependent random variables. Vestnik St Petersburg University Mathematics. 50(1). 32–34. 4 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2016). On Absolute Convergence of Series of Random Variables Almost Surely. Journal of Mathematical Sciences. 214(4). 513–516. 2 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2016). On the strong law of large numbers for a stationary sequence. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University Mathematics Mechanics Astronomy. 3(61)(4). 641–643. 1 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2014). On the Strong Law of Large Numbers for a Sequence of Dependent Random Variables. Journal of Mathematical Sciences. 199(2). 225–227. 5 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2009). On stability of sums of nonnegative random variables. Journal of Mathematical Sciences. 159(3). 324–326. 2 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2007). On lower bounds for tail probabilities. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 137(8). 2703–2705. 10 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2006). On the Growth of Sums of Nonnegative Random Variables. Journal of Mathematical Sciences. 133(3). 1342–1344. 1 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (2002). On Probabilities of Moderate Deviations. Journal of Mathematical Sciences. 109(6). 2189–2191. 10 indexed citations
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Paulauskas, Vygantas & V. V. Petrov. (1996). Limit Theorems of Probability Theory: Sequences of Independent Random Variables.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 91(434). 915–915. 390 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (1992). Moments of sums of independent random variables. Journal of Mathematical Sciences. 61(1). 1905–1906. 3 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (1977). Growth of sums of measurable functions. Lithuanian Mathematical Journal. 16(1). 115–117. 2 indexed citations
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Barbour, A. D., V. V. Petrov, & A. A. Brown. (1976). Sums of Independent Random Variables.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 139(4). 545–545. 41 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (1975). Sums of Independent Random Variables. 78 indexed citations
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Nevzorov, V. B. & V. V. Petrov. (1969). On the Distribution of the Maximum Cumulative Sum of Independent Random Variables. Theory of Probability and Its Applications. 14(4). 682–687. 7 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (1969). On the Strong Law of Large Numbers. Theory of Probability and Its Applications. 14(2). 183–192. 22 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V.. (1968). Asymptotic Behavior of Probabilities of Large Deviations. Theory of Probability and Its Applications. 13(3). 408–420. 8 indexed citations
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Petrov, V. V., et al.. (1965). YURII VLADIMIROVICH LINNIK (on his fiftieth birthday). Russian Mathematical Surveys. 20(2). 153–168.
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Petrov, V. V.. (1959). Asymptotic Expansions for Distributions of Sums of Independent Random Variables. Theory of Probability and Its Applications. 4(2). 208–211. 4 indexed citations

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