William Feller and Twentieth Century Probability

Abstract

When William Feller was born in 1906, Lebesgue measure had just been invented, and Frechet was to introduce measure on an abstract space about ten years later. Thus, the technical basis of modern mathematical probability was developed about the time of Feller's early childhood. Since that time the subject has been transformed, by no one more than by Feller himself, into an essential part of mathematics, contributing to other parts as well as drawing from them.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 1970
Accession Number
AD1022314

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  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

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  • Books
  • Brownian Motion
  • Differential Equations
  • Distribution Theory
  • Equations
  • Integral Equations
  • Kolmogorov Equations
  • Markov Processes
  • Mathematics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Potential Theory
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Statistics
  • Stochastic Processes
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  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

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