Harold Widom
American mathematician (1932-2021) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 88
Harold Widom was an American mathematician best known for his contributions to operator theory and random matrices. He was appointed to the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1968 and became professor emeritus in 1994.
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United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2021 · aged 88
The same award as Harold
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Michael AizenmanBoth received Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
Michael D. MorleyBoth received Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research