Géza Schay (mathematician)
Géza Schay (born June 22, 1934 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian-American mathematician and mathematical physicist .
Schay graduated from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest in 1956, went to the USA after the Hungarian uprising, was an instructor at Tufts University in 1958/59 and received his doctorate in mathematical physics from Princeton University in 1961 under William Feller ( The equations of diffusion in the special theory of relativity ). 1960 to 1963 he was employed by IBM as a mathematician . In 1963 he became an assistant professor and later an associate professor at George Washington University and from 1966 he was an associate professor and from 1970 professor at the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
He deals with stochastic processes, diffusion theory and relativistic mechanics.
He is a US citizen.
Fonts
- Introduction to probability with statistical applications. Birkhäuser, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8176-4497-0 .
- A concise introduction to linear algebra. Birkhäuser, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8176-8324-5 .
Web links
- Géza Schay on the University of Massachusetts Boston website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life and career data according to Pamela Kalte u. a. American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ↑ Géza Schay in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schay, Géza |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |