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Mark Kac

Marek Kac

Mathematician (1914–1984).

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Sex or Gender

Male

Occupation

Mathematician
University Teacher

Field of Work

Probability Theory
Mathematics
Spectral Theory

Place of Birth

Kremenets

Place of Death

California
Los Angeles
Reason for Preferred Rank
:
Most Precise Value

Country of Citizenship

United States
Poland

Date of Death

10/26/1984
10/25/1984

Award Received

Guggenheim Fellowship
(1946)
Point in Time
: 1946
George David Birkhoff Prize
(1978)
Point in Time
: 1978
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
(1967)
Point in Time
: 1967
Chauvenet Prize
(1968)
Point in Time
: 1968
Point in Time
: 1950
Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards
(1967)
Point in Time
: 1967
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
(1946)
Point in Time
: 1946

Instance Of

Human

Date of Birth

8/16/1914
8/16/1914

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Given Name

Mark
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Employer

University of Southern California
(1981 - 1984)
Start Time
: 1981
End Time
: 1984
Cornell University
(1939 - 1961)
Start Time
: 1939
End Time
: 1961
Utrecht University
(3/1/1980 - 4/30/1980)
Part Of
:
Q62416146
Position Held
:
Visiting Professor
Start Time
: 3/1/1980
End Time
: 4/30/1980
Leiden University
(10/4/1962 - 5/31/1963)
Part Of
:
Faculteit Der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen
Position Held
:
Dutch Extraordinary Professor
Start Time
: 10/4/1962
End Time
: 5/31/1963
The Rockefeller University
(1961 - 1981)
Start Time
: 1961
End Time
: 1981

Doctoral Advisor

Hugo Steinhaus

Name in Native Language

Marek Kac

Member Of

American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
(1946 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Start Time
: 1946
American Philosophical Society
(1969 - )
Start Time
: 1969

Educated At

Lviv University
(1931 - 1937)
Start Time
: 1931
End Time
: 1937
Johns Hopkins University
(1938 - 1939)
Start Time
: 1938
End Time
: 1939
Krzemieniec Lyceum
(1925 - 1931)
Start Time
: 1925
End Time
: 1931

Family Name

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Described by Source

Obálky Knih
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Notable Work

Erdős–Kac Theorem
Feynman–Kac Formula
Weyl–Kac Character Formula

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Birth Name

Marek Kac

Place of Burial

Cremation

Ethnic Group

Jewish People

Academic Thesis

Child

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O Stochastycznej Niezależności Funkcji
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Publication Date
: 1938
Kac
Michael B. Kac
Random Walk and the Theory of Brownian Motion
Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography. By Mark Kac. Harper & Row
Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum?
On Some Probabilistic Aspects of Classical Analysis
Kac–Bernstein Theorem
Jurzykowski Prize
(1976)
Point in Time
: 1976