Richard von Mises
Richard von Mises · Science & Medicine
Probability, statistics, and applied mathematics
1883, Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) — 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Germany · United States
Richard von Mises is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Probability, statistics, and applied mathematics
Von Mises was an Austrian-born applied mathematician who developed a frequency theory of probability, foundational statistics, and results in aerodynamics and solid mechanics. Born to a Jewish family in Lemberg, he fled Nazi Germany and eventually taught at Harvard.
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Probability, statistics, and applied mathematics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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