Thomas Royen

Thomas Royen
Born
Thomas Royen

(1947-07-06) 6 July 1947 (age 77)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
CitizenshipGermany
Alma materGoethe University Frankfurt
University of Freiburg
Technical University Dortmund (PhD)
Known forProof of Gaussian correlation inequality
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, Statistics
Thesis On Convergence Against Stable Laws  (1975)

Thomas Royen (born 6 July 1947) is a retired German professor of statistics who has been affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences Bingen. Royen came to prominence in the spring of 2017 for a relatively simple proof for the Gaussian Correlation Inequality (GCI), a conjecture that originated in the 1950s, which he had published three years earlier without much recognition.[1] A proof of this conjecture, which lies at the intersection of geometry, probability theory and statistics, had eluded top experts for decades.[2]

  1. ^ Rafal Latala and Dariusz Matlak, Royen's proof of the Gaussian correlation inequality, arXiv:1512.08776
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Quanta was invoked but never defined (see the help page).