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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Finnish mathematician
human
mathematician
areaOfInfluence 20th-century mathematics
modern probability theory
contributedTo central limit theorem
countryOfCitizenship Finland
familyName Lindeberg
fieldOfWork mathematics
probability theory
gender male
givenName Jarl
hasNameInLanguage Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (English)
Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (Finnish)
hasNotableConceptNamedAfter Lindeberg condition
Lindeberg–Feller theorem
influenced development of the Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem
later work in limit theorems in probability
knownFor formulating a general condition for the central limit theorem
middleName Waldemar
nativeLanguage Finnish
notableFor Lindeberg condition
Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem
notableIdea Lindeberg condition for the central limit theorem
occupation university teacher

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Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg ("Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (English)")
Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg ("Jarl Waldemar Lindeberg (Finnish)")
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central limit theorem
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