Samuel Karlin
Samuel Karlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1924 |
| Died | December 18, 2007 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Illinois Institute of Technology Princeton University |
| Known for | BLAST Karlin-Rubin theorem (UMP tests of monotone likelihoods) geometry of moments Total positivity Tchebycheff systems Optimal experiments |
| Awards | National Medal of Science (1989) John von Neumann Theory Prize (1987) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | mathematical sciences population genetics |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Salomon Bochner |
| Doctoral students | Christopher Burge Thomas Liggett Charles A. Micchelli John W. Pratt Stephen M. Samuels Charles Joel Stone Rupert G. Miller Marcel F. Neuts |
Samuel Karlin (June 8, 1924 – December 18, 2007) was an American mathematician at Stanford University in the late 20th century.