Ronald Getoor
Ronald Kay Getoor (born February 9, 1929 in Royal Oak , Michigan - † October 28, 2017 ) was an American mathematician .
Getoor studied mathematics at the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in 1950, a master's degree in 1951 and a PhD in 1954. As a post-doctoral student , he was an instructor at Princeton University . In 1956 he became an assistant professor and later professor at the University of Washington . 1964/65 he was visiting professor at Stanford University . From 1966 he was a professor at the University of California at San Diego .
He dealt with probability theory , especially the general theory of the Markov processes and associated potential theory. Getoor was a fellow of the American Mathematical Society and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics .
He was married since 1959 and had a daughter, Lise Getoor , who is a computer science professor at the University of Maryland. His wife designed aircraft for Boeing.
Fonts
- Markov processes: Ray processes and right processes, Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 440, 1975
- with Robert McCallum Blumenthal: Markov Processes and Potential Theory, Academic Press 1968
- Excessive Measures, Birkhäuser 1990
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ Steven Boggs, Lei Ni: In Memoriam Ronald Getoor. Department of Mathematics, University of California, San Diego, November 27, 2017, accessed November 29, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Getoor, Ronald |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Getoor, Ronald Kay (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Royal Oak , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 2017 |