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Paul Pierre Lévy

French mathematician (1886-1971) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 85

Paul Pierre Lévy was a French mathematician who was active especially in probability theory, introducing fundamental concepts such as local time, stable distributions and characteristic functions.

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1971Died15 December 19711953Émile Picard MedalAward1952Commander of the Legion of HonourAward1936Poncelet PrizeAward1918Cours PeccotAward1886Born15 September 1886

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Émile Picard Medal1953
Commander of the Legion of Honour1952
Poncelet Prize1936
Cours Peccot1918
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Lévy processes, Lévy flights, Lévy measures, Lévy's constant, the Lévy distribution, the Lévy area, the Lévy arcsine law, and the fractal Lévy C curve are named after him.

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1886 to 1971 · aged 85