Wally Smith (mathematician)
American mathematician (1926–2023) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Laws Smith (November 12, 1926 – March 6, 2023) was a British-born American mathematician, known for his contributions to applied probability theory.[1]
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Wally Smith | |
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Born | (1926-11-12)November 12, 1926 London, England |
Died | March 6, 2023(2023-03-06) (aged 96) |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Awards | Adams Prize (1960) Guggenheim Fellowship |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Thesis | Stochastic Sequences of Events (1954) |
Doctoral advisor | Henry Daniels David Cox |
Website | http://www.stat.unc.edu/faculty/wsmith.html |
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