Samuel Karlin

Samuel Karlin
Born(1924-06-08)June 8, 1924
Janów, Lublin Province, Second Polish Republic
DiedDecember 18, 2007(2007-12-18) (aged 83)
Palo Alto, California, US
NationalityPolish
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materIllinois Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Known forBLAST
Karlin-Rubin theorem (UMP tests of monotone likelihoods)
geometry of moments[2]
Total positivity
Tchebycheff systems
Optimal experiments
AwardsNational Medal of Science (1989)
John von Neumann Theory Prize (1987)
Scientific career
Fieldsmathematical sciences
population genetics
InstitutionsStanford University
Doctoral advisorSalomon Bochner
Doctoral studentsChristopher Burge[1]
Thomas Liggett
Charles A. Micchelli
John W. Pratt
Stephen M. Samuels
Charles Joel Stone
Rupert G. Miller
Marcel F. Neuts

Samuel Karlin (June 8, 1924 – December 18, 2007) was an American mathematician at Stanford University in the late 20th century.

  1. ^ Burge, Christopher; Karlin, Samuel (1997). "Prediction of complete gene structures in human genomic DNA" (PDF). Journal of Molecular Biology. 268 (1): 78–94. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.115.3107. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1997.0951. PMID 9149143. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-20.
  2. ^ Artstein, Zvi (1980). "Discrete and continuous bang-bang and facial spaces, or: Look for the extreme points". SIAM Review. 22 (2): 172–185. doi:10.1137/1022026. JSTOR 2029960. MR 0564562.