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'''Herman Chernoff''' (born July 1, 1923, [[New York City|New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[applied mathematics|applied]] [[mathematician]], [[statistician]] and [[physicist]] formerly a professor at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and currently working at [[Harvard University]].<ref> |
'''Herman Chernoff''' (born July 1, 1923, [[New York City|New York]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[applied mathematics|applied]] [[mathematician]], [[statistician]] and [[physicist]] formerly a professor at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] and currently working at [[Harvard University]].<ref> |
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Herman Chernoff | |
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Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923, New York) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist formerly a professor at MIT and currently working at Harvard University.[1]
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]
Early life and education
Herman Chernoff's parents were Pauline and Max Chernoff, Jewish immigrants from Russia. He studied in Townsend Harris High School.[3]
- Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 1948. Brown University.[4]
- M.S., Applied Mathematics, 1945. Brown University.
- B.S., Mathematics, 1943. City College of New York.
See also
- Chernoff bound (also known as Chernoff's inequality)
- Chernoff face
- Chernoff's distribution
References
- ^
Bather, John (1996). "A conversation with Herman Chernoff". Statistical Science. 11 (4): 335–350. doi:10.1214/ss/1032280306. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-10.
- ^ Chernoff biography
- ^ Herman Chernoff (2005). "Education and Previous Positions". Retrieved October 7, 2008.
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Categories:
- 1923 births
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Living people
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- American statisticians
- American physicists
- Harvard University faculty
- Presidents of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- Fellows of the American Statistical Association
- Brown University alumni
- Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
- Jewish American scientists
- Statistician stubs