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Science & Medicine
Donald Ornstein
Who
Donald Ornstein · Science & Medicine
What
Ergodic theory; the Ornstein isomorphism theorem
When
1934, New York City, USA
Where
United States
Biography
Donald Ornstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Ergodic theory; the Ornstein isomorphism theorem
How & why
Ornstein is an American mathematician at Stanford University who transformed ergodic theory. His isomorphism theorem (1970) proved that two Bernoulli shifts with equal entropy are measure-theoretically isomorphic, resolving a long-standing problem and giving entropy a decisive role. He was born into a Jewish family in New York City.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Ergodic theory; the Ornstein isomorphism theorem
1934
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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