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Science & Medicine
Paul Levy
Who
Paul Levy · Science & Medicine
What
Probability theory; Levy processes and Levy flights
When
1886, Paris, France — 1971, Paris, France
Where
France
Biography
Paul Levy is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Probability theory; Levy processes and Levy flights
How & why
Paul Lévy was a French mathematician who laid much of the modern foundation of probability theory, introducing Lévy processes, Lévy flights, martingale ideas, and key results on stochastic processes and Brownian motion. His work underpins fields from finance to physics. He is Jewish.
Sources & external links
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Wikipedia — Paul Lévy (mathematician)WikipediaEncyclopaedia BritannicaJewish Virtual LibraryWikidata
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Probability theory; Levy processes and Levy flights
1886
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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