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Frank Spitzer

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Frank Spitzer · Science & Medicine

What

Probability theory; random walks and interacting particle systems

When

1926, Vienna, Austria — 1992, Ithaca, New York, United States

Where

Austria · United States

Biography

Frank Spitzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Probability theory; random walks and interacting particle systems

How & why

Spitzer was an Austrian-born American mathematician who shaped modern probability theory, best known for his book Principles of Random Walk and for founding the study of interacting particle systems. He escaped Nazi-annexed Austria as a youth. He was born into a Jewish family in Vienna.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Probability theory; random walks and interacting particle systems

1926

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics