The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability

Pál Révész was a world-renowned Hungarian probabilist and an extremely prolific mathematician, having written around 200 research papers and four books. A graduate of Eötvös Lóránd University, Révész spent decades as the Head of the Probability Department of the Rényi Institute before heading the De...

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description Pál Révész was a world-renowned Hungarian probabilist and an extremely prolific mathematician, having written around 200 research papers and four books. A graduate of Eötvös Lóránd University, Révész spent decades as the Head of the Probability Department of the Rényi Institute before heading the Department of Statistics and Probability of Vienna University of Technology. He was also a visiting professor at numerous universities across Europe and Canada. He was elected to be a member of the Hungarian Academy in 1982, and he served as the president of the Bernoulli Society of Mathematical Statistics and Probability from 1983 to 1985, as well as becoming a member of the Academy Europaea in 1991. He was beyond generous in his collaborations, always happy to talk about the problems he was working on. He listened with the same respect and curiosity whether talking to a famous professor or an eager student. He loved being able to help a new generation of mathematicians. Besides mathematics, he loved classical music, long walks, and the company of friends—but he admitted that he was still doing mathematics in his head during these concerts and long walks. In this volume, we have collected papers from his coworkers, friends, and colleagues to commemorate his life and everlasting impact on probability theory.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1657862025-08-12T10:16:47Z The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability Földes, Antónia Csáki, Endre probability theory strong approximation Wiener process random walk thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues Pál Révész was a world-renowned Hungarian probabilist and an extremely prolific mathematician, having written around 200 research papers and four books. A graduate of Eötvös Lóránd University, Révész spent decades as the Head of the Probability Department of the Rényi Institute before heading the Department of Statistics and Probability of Vienna University of Technology. He was also a visiting professor at numerous universities across Europe and Canada. He was elected to be a member of the Hungarian Academy in 1982, and he served as the president of the Bernoulli Society of Mathematical Statistics and Probability from 1983 to 1985, as well as becoming a member of the Academy Europaea in 1991. He was beyond generous in his collaborations, always happy to talk about the problems he was working on. He listened with the same respect and curiosity whether talking to a famous professor or an eager student. He loved being able to help a new generation of mathematicians. Besides mathematics, he loved classical music, long walks, and the company of friends—but he admitted that he was still doing mathematics in his head during these concerts and long walks. In this volume, we have collected papers from his coworkers, friends, and colleagues to commemorate his life and everlasting impact on probability theory. 2025-08-12T10:16:45Z 2025-08-12T10:16:45Z 2025 book ONIX_20250812T110751_9783725845552_541 9783725845552 9783725845569 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/165786 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/11218 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4556-9 10.3390/books978-3-7258-4556-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725845552 9783725845569 164 open access
spellingShingle probability theory
strong approximation
Wiener process
random walk
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability
title The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability
title_full The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability
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title_full_unstemmed The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability
title_short The Random Walk Path of Pál Révész in Probability
title_sort random walk path of pal revesz in probability
topic probability theory
strong approximation
Wiener process
random walk
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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strong approximation
Wiener process
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