Theodore E. Harris

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Theodore Edward "Ted" Harris (born January 11, 1919 in Philadelphia ; † November 3, 2005 ) was an American mathematician who dealt with stochastics .

Harris studied at the University of Texas with a bachelor's degree in 1939 and at Princeton University with a master's degree in 1946 and his doctorate with Samuel Wilks in 1948 (Some Theorems on the Bernoullian Multiplicative Process). From 1947 to 1966 he was a mathematician at Rand Corporation , where he headed the mathematics department from 1959. From 1966 until his retirement in 1989 he was a professor at the University of Southern California . In 1985 he received the Albert S. Raubenheimer Outstanding Faculty Award from his university.

In 1953 he was visiting professor at Columbia University and in 1963 at Stanford University .

1955 to 1958 he was editor of the Annals of Mathematical Statistics.

Harris dealt with stochastic processes and Markov processes. The Harris chain and the Harris inequality (which he found when studying plane percolations) are named after him . He published a monograph on branching processes. He dealt with applications such as renewal theory, particle cascades in cosmic rays and Monte Carlo methods.

He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences , the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics , of which he was President 1966/67. Harris is an honorary doctorate from the Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg.

Harris married in 1947 and had two children.

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SURNAME Harris, Theodore E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harris, Theodore Edward; Harris, Ted
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 2005