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Mark Kac
Marek Kac
Mathematician (1914–1984).
External Pages About Mark Kac
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National Academy of Sciences Member
Wikipedia | Mark Kac
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Statements about
Mark Kac
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
Series Ordinal
:
1
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
URL
:
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Notable Work
Erdős–Kac Theorem
Feynman–Kac Formula
Weyl–Kac Character Formula
Pronunciation Audio
Birth Name
Marek Kac
Place of Burial
Cremation
Ethnic Group
Jewish People
Academic Thesis
Child
O Stochastycznej Niezależności Funkcji
URL
:
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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