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Harry Kesten

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American mathematician (1931-2019)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1931 to 2019 · aged 87
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Harry Kesten was a Jewish American mathematician best known for his work in probability, most notably on random walks on groups and graphs, random matrices, branching processes, and percolation theory.

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with Rudolf Peierls and Roland Dobrushin in Oxford, 1993with Rudolf Peierls and Roland Dobrushin in Oxford, 1993

Awards 6

2013Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
2007honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XI
2001Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
1981Brouwer Medal
1967Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Guggenheim Fellowship

Connected to Harry 6

Maciej ZworskiAlso won honorary doctorate from University of Paris-XIKim PlofkerAlso won Brouwer MedalRichard KadisonAlso won Steele Prize for Lifetime AchievementAlain-Sol SznitmanAlso won Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsWilliam J. YoudenAlso won Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsSpencer BlochAlso won Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement

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Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2019 · aged 87
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8 languages

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