Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg
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Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg was a Finnish mathematician best known for formulating a key general condition (now called Lindeberg’s condition) that underpins a powerful version of the central limit theorem in probability theory.
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Finnish mathematician
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human → mathematician → |
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20th-century mathematics
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modern probability theory → |
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central limit theorem
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Finland
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| familyName |
Lindeberg
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mathematics
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probability theory → |
| gender |
male
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| givenName |
Jarl
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Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (English)
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Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (Finnish) → |
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Lindeberg condition
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Lindeberg–Feller theorem → |
| influenced |
development of the Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem
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later work in limit theorems in probability → |
| knownFor |
formulating a general condition for the central limit theorem
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Waldemar
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Finnish
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| notableFor |
Lindeberg condition
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Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem → |
| notableIdea |
Lindeberg condition for the central limit theorem
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| occupation |
university teacher
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Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg
("Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (English)")
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Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg ("Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (Finnish)") → |
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central limit theorem
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