Paul Levy
Paul Levy · Science & Medicine
Probability theory; Levy processes and Levy flights
1886, Paris, France — 1971, Paris, France
France
Paul Levy is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Probability theory; Levy processes and Levy flights
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.
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Probability theory; Levy processes and Levy flights
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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