Jacques Neveu

Jacque Neveu
Jacques Neveu in 1970
Born(1932-11-14)14 November 1932[1]
Died17 May 2016(2016-05-17) (aged 83)[1]
Alma materUniversity of Paris
AwardsICM Plenary Speaker (1974)
Prix Francoeur (1967)
Peccot Prize (1961-1962)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Paris VI
École Polytechnique
Doctoral advisorRobert Fortet
Doctoral students

Jacques Jean-Pierre Neveu (14 November 1932 – 17 May 2016[1]) was a Belgian (and then French) mathematician, specializing in probability theory. He is one of the founders of the French school (post WW II) of probability and statistics.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Deaths of AMS Members, News, Inside the AMS" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society: 1217. November 2017.
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