Herman Chernoff
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Herman Chernoff (born July 1, 1923, New York) is an American applied mathematician, statistician and physicist formerly a professor at MIT and currently working at Harvard University.[1]
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[edit] Education
- Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 1948. Brown University.[2]
- M.S., Applied Mathematics, 1945. Brown University.
- B.S., Mathematics, 1943. City College of New York.
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[edit] References
- ^ Bather, John (1996). "A conversation with Herman Chernoff". Statistical Science 11 (4): 335–350. doi:10.1214/ss/1032280306. http://projecteuclid.org/DPubS?service=UI&version=1.0&verb=Display&handle=euclid.ss/1032280306.
- ^ Ellen Chernoff (2005). "Education and Previous Positions". http://www.stat.harvard.edu/People/Faculty/Herman_Chernoff/Herman_Chernoff_Education_and_Previous_Positions.html. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
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