Mark Kac

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Polish-American mathematician human mathematician probabilist

Mark Kac was a Polish-American mathematician renowned for his work in probability theory and mathematical physics, particularly for linking stochastic processes with partial differential equations.

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Label	Occurrences
Mark Kac canonical	24
M. Kac	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Polish-American mathematician ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ probabilist ⓘ
awardReceived	Guggenheim Fellowship ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ
causeOfDeath	cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Poland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1914-08-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1984-10-26 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Hugo Steinhaus ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Lviv ⓘ surface form: Jan Kazimierz University in Lwów
employer	Cornell University ⓘ Rockefeller University ⓘ University of Southern California ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish ⓘ
familyName	Kac ⓘ
fieldOfWork	mathematical physics ⓘ probability theory ⓘ spectral theory ⓘ stochastic processes ⓘ
givenName	Mark ⓘ
hasPublication	Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography ⓘ Probability and Related Topics in Physical Sciences ⓘ Random Walk and the Theory of Brownian Motion ⓘ Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory ⓘ
influencedBy	Hugo Steinhaus ⓘ Stefan Banach ⓘ
knownFor	contributions to statistical mechanics ⓘ linking stochastic processes with partial differential equations ⓘ popular mathematical essays ⓘ work on random series ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Polish ⓘ
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableIdea	Feynman–Kac formula ⓘ Kac ring model ⓘ Kac walk ⓘ Kac–Moody algebra (name source) ⓘ
notableStudent	Gian-Carlo Rota ⓘ Harry Kesten ⓘ
notableWork	Can one hear the shape of a drum? ⓘ
occupation	university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kresy ⓘ surface form: Kresy, Poland
placeOfDeath	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California, United States of America
sexOrGender	male ⓘ

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Feynman–Kac formula → namedAfter → Mark Kac ⓘ

Lwów School of Mathematics → hasMember → Mark Kac ⓘ

Kac → hasNotableBearer → Mark Kac ⓘ

Can one hear the shape of a drum? → author → Mark Kac ⓘ

Kac walk → namedAfter → Mark Kac ⓘ

Kac walk → introducedBy → Mark Kac ⓘ

Kac ring model → namedAfter → Mark Kac ⓘ

Kac ring model → introducedBy → Mark Kac ⓘ

Hugo Steinhaus → notableStudent → Mark Kac ⓘ

Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory → author → Mark Kac ⓘ

Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory → hasAuthor → Mark Kac ⓘ

this entity surface form: M. Kac

Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory → writtenBy → Mark Kac ⓘ

Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory → contributor → Mark Kac ⓘ

Probability and Related Topics in Physical Sciences → author → Mark Kac ⓘ

Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography → author → Mark Kac ⓘ

Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography → mainSubject → Mark Kac ⓘ

Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography → about → Mark Kac ⓘ

Random Walk and the Theory of Brownian Motion → author → Mark Kac ⓘ

Random Walk and the Theory of Brownian Motion → hasAuthor → Mark Kac ⓘ

Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics → notableLaureate → Mark Kac ⓘ

Levi L. Conant Prize → notableRecipient → Mark Kac ⓘ

Harry Kesten → doctoralAdvisor → Mark Kac ⓘ

Scottish Café → associatedWith → Mark Kac ⓘ

Boltzmann–Kac equation → namedAfter → Mark Kac ⓘ