Harry Kesten
Harry Kesten · Science & Medicine
Probability theory; percolation and random walks
1931, Duisburg, Germany — 2019, Ithaca, New York, USA
Germany · United States
Harry Kesten is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Probability theory; percolation and random walks
Kesten was born to a Jewish family that fled Nazi Germany, and after wartime displacement he studied in the Netherlands and built his career at Cornell. He became a leading probabilist, proving that the critical probability for two-dimensional bond percolation equals exactly one-half and obtaining deep results on random walks and self-avoiding walks. His theorems are cornerstones of modern probability and statistical physics.
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Probability theory; percolation and random walks
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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