William Feller Scientist

William "Vilim" Feller (July 7, 1906 – January 14, 1970), born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian-American mathematician specializing in probability theory.

Personal facts

William Feller
Birth dateJuly 07, 1906
Birth nameVilibald Srećko Feller
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Croatia , Zagreb
Date of deathJanuary 14, 1970
Place of death
New York City , United States , New York
Education
University of Göttingen
University of Zagreb
Known for
Feller process
Feller's coin-tossing constants
Feller-continuous process
Proof by intimidation
Feller's property
Feller Brownian motions
Feller measures
Feller operator
Feller potential
Feller transition function
Kolmogorov-Feller equation
Krein-Feller differential operators
Feller's test for explosions
Feller semigroup
Lindeberg-Feller condition

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Scientist

awards
National Medal of Science
doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Lawrence Shepp
George Seifert (mathematician)
Field of study
Mathematician
influenced by
Stanko Vl%C3%B6gel

William Feller on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://jagor.srce.hr/zuh/velikani/vel_int.htm
  2. http://www.croatianhistory.net/gif/felln.jpg
  3. http://www.nap.edu/html/biomems/wfeller.pdf
  4. http://www.princeton.edu/~mudd/finding_aids/mathoral/pmcxrota.htm