Georges Darmois
French mathematician (1888–1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Georges Darmois (24 June 1888 – 3 January 1960) was a French mathematician and statistician. He pioneered in the theory of sufficiency, in stellar statistics, and in factor analysis. He was also one of the first French mathematicians to teach British mathematical statistics.[1]
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Georges Darmois | |
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Born | (1888-06-24)24 June 1888 |
Died | 3 January 1960(1960-01-03) (aged 71) |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Paris École Normale Supérieure |
Doctoral advisor | Édouard Goursat |
Doctoral students | Daniel Dugué André Lichnerowicz Marcel-Paul Schützenberger |
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He is one of the eponyms of the Koopman–Pitman–Darmois theorem and sufficient statistics and exponential families.