William Feller | |
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| Born | Vilibald Srećko Feller July 7, 1906 |
| Died | January 14, 1970 (aged 63) New York City, US |
| Nationality | Croatian–American |
| Alma mater | University of Zagreb University of Göttingen |
| Known for | Feller process Feller's coin-tossing constants Feller-continuous process Feller's paradox Feller's theorem Feller–Pareto distribution Feller–Tornier constant Feller–Miyadera–Phillips theorem Proof by intimidation |
| Awards | National Medal of Science (USA) in Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Sciences (1969) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | University of Kiel University of Copenhagen University of Stockholm University of Lund Brown University Cornell University Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Courant |
| Doctoral students | Patrick Billingsley George Forsythe Robert Kurtz Henry McKean Lawrence Shepp Hale Trotter Benjamin Weiss David A. Freedman |
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William "Vilim" Feller (July 7, 1906 – January 14, 1970), born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian–American mathematician specializing in probability theory.