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Joseph Leo Doob (February 27, 1910 – June 7, 2004) was an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory. The theory of martingales was developed by Doob. Early life and education. Doob was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 27, 1910, the son of a Jewish couple, Leo Doob and Mollie Doerfler Doob.
Jun 7, 2004 · Quick Info. Born. 27 February 1910. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Died. 7 June 2004. Clark-Lindsey Village, Urbana, Illinois, USA. Summary. Joseph Doob was an American mathematician who worked in probability and measure theory. View five larger pictures. Biography. Joseph Doob's parents were Mollie Doerfler and Leo Doob.
JOSePH LeO d o o b. February 27, 1910-June 7, 2004. elected to the NAS, 1957. Joseph Leo Doob was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised in New York City. For much of his career, he was the leading American-born probabilist, a status reflected by his elec-tion as president of the Institute of Statistics in 1950 and as president of the American ...
Joseph Leo Doob. President 1963–1964. Ph.D. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1932. Doob spent most of his academic career at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work was in probability theory, complex functions, ergodic theory, and axiomatic potential theory.
Abstract. Joseph L. Doob was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 27, 1910. He received the degrees A.B. in 1930, A.M. in 1931 and Ph.D. in 1932 from Harvard University. From 1932 to 1934 Doob did postdoctoral work at Columbia University. In 1933-1934 he held a Carnegie Corporation Fellowship.
- J. Laurie Snell
- 1997
Joseph L. Doob was awarded the National Medal of Science in recognition of his work on probability and mathematical statistics, characterized by novel and fruitful ideas of a general character that opened new fields of study which began to be transplanted abroad and now are acclaimed worldwide.
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Jun 28, 2004 · June 28, 2004. Dr. Joseph L. Doob, a mathematician who studied and wrote extensively about probability theory, which has applications in insurance, polling and other fields, died June 7 at...
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