The Kantarovich Paradox, Expressed in FAAM

Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantarovich was an innovator in mathematical programming. His autobiography describing the evolution of his ideas is extraordinary, exploring the paradox of deep theory and application in numerical analysis: "In those days, my theoretical and applied research had nothing in common. But later, especially in the postwar period, I succeeded in linking them and showing broad possibilities for using the ideas of functional analysis in Numerical Mathematics. This I proved in my paper, the very title of which, 'Functional Analysis and Applied Mathematics' (Russian), seemed, at that time, paradoxical. In 1949, the work was awarded the State Prize and later was included in the book, 'Functional Analysis in Normed Spaces' (Russian), written with G P Akilov (1959)."