William Feller
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William Feller was a Croatian-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory and for co-developing key results such as the Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem.
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| William Feller canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
mathematician
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probabilist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vilim Feller
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W. Feller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
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National Medal of Science ⓘ |
| birthName | Vilim Feller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Croatia
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-07-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-01-14 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Richard Courant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Göttingen
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University of Zagreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Brown University
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Cornell University ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Croats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Feller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical analysis
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probability theory ⓘ stochastic processes ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasPart |
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume I
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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern probability theory
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theory of Markov processes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem
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foundational contributions to modern probability theory ⓘ popularizing probability through expository writing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Croatian
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English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| notableWork |
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications
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Feller process NERFINISHED ⓘ Feller semigroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
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Zagreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics at Princeton University ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ithaca, New York
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Princeton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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