Joseph Leo Doob

American mathematician (1910-2004) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 94

Joseph Leo Doob was an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory.

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2004Died7 June 20041984Leroy P. Steele PrizeAward1979National Medal of ScienceAward1940Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical StatisticsAward1910Born27 February 1910

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