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.

Aliases (1)

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	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, Poland →
placeOfDeath	California, United States of America →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Can one hear the shape of a drum? → 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 →	author
Random Walk and the Theory of Brownian Motion → Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory → Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory ("M. Kac") →	hasAuthor
Feynman–Kac formula → Kac ring model → Kac walk →	namedAfter
Kac ring model → Kac walk →	introducedBy
Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography →	about
Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory →	contributor
Lwów School of Mathematics →	hasMember
Kac →	hasNotableBearer
Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography →	mainSubject
Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics →	notableLaureate
Hugo Steinhaus →	notableStudent
Statistical Independence in Probability, Analysis and Number Theory →	writtenBy