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Oded Schramm

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Oded Schramm · Science & Medicine

What

Introduced the Schramm-Loewner evolution in probability

When

1961, Jerusalem, Israel — 2008, Guye Peak, Washington, United States

Where

Israel · United States

Biography

Oded Schramm is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Introduced the Schramm-Loewner evolution in probability

How & why

Oded Schramm was an Israeli mathematician who introduced the Schramm–Loewner evolution (SLE), a random process that revolutionized the rigorous study of two-dimensional critical phenomena in probability and statistical physics. His work reshaped the field before his death in a mountaineering accident. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Introduced the Schramm-Loewner evolution in probability

1961

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics