Awards & Winners

Joseph L. Doob

Date of Birth 27-February-1910
Place of Birth Cincinnati
(United States of America, Ohio, Hamilton County, Area code 513)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Mathematician
Joseph Leo "Joe" Doob was an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory. The theory of martingales was developed by Doob.

Awards by Joseph L. Doob

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1979


National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science
(In recognition of his work on probability and mathematical statistics, characterized by novel and fruitful ideas of a general character that opened new fields of study which began to be transplanted abroad and now are acclaimed worldwide.)