
Mark Kac
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 40 years ago |
Born | Kremenets' |
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Died | Southern California |
California | |
United States | |
Known for | Feynman–Kac formula |
Erdős–Kac theorem | |
Awards | Chauvenet Prize |
George David Birkhoff Prize | |
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
Date of birth | August 16,1914 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Books | Enigmas of Chance |
Date of died | October 25,1984 |
Children | Michael B. Kac |
Education | Ivan Franko National University of Lviv |
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ID | 818775 |
Mark Kac Life story
Mark Kac was a Polish American mathematician. His main interest was probability theory. His question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?" set off research into spectral theory, the idea of understanding the extent to which the spectrum allows one to read back the geometry.