William Feller
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William Feller was a Croatian-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory and for co-developing key results such as the Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William Feller canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Feller Context triple: [Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem, namedAfter, William Feller]
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Joseph L. Doob
Joseph L. Doob was an influential American mathematician and probabilist whose foundational work in martingale theory and stochastic processes helped shape modern probability theory.
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B.
Philip M. Morse
Philip M. Morse was an American physicist and pioneer of operations research, known for his influential work in quantum mechanics, acoustics, and the development of scientific management techniques during and after World War II.
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C.
Robert William Andrew Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, renowned for his blazing fastball and Hall of Fame career spanning the 1930s to 1950s.
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D.
Paul M. G. Lévy
Paul M. G. Lévy was a Belgian civil servant and graphic designer best known for creating the circle-of-stars emblem that became the Flag of Europe.
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E.
Morris L. Eaton
Morris L. Eaton is an American statistician known for his contributions to multivariate analysis and decision theory, and for his influential work as a student of Emanuel Parzen.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William Feller Target entity description: William Feller was a Croatian-American mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to probability theory and for co-developing key results such as the Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem.
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A.
Joseph L. Doob
Joseph L. Doob was an influential American mathematician and probabilist whose foundational work in martingale theory and stochastic processes helped shape modern probability theory.
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B.
Philip M. Morse
Philip M. Morse was an American physicist and pioneer of operations research, known for his influential work in quantum mechanics, acoustics, and the development of scientific management techniques during and after World War II.
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C.
Robert William Andrew Feller
Robert William Andrew Feller was a legendary American Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, renowned for his blazing fastball and Hall of Fame career spanning the 1930s to 1950s.
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D.
Paul M. G. Lévy
Paul M. G. Lévy was a Belgian civil servant and graphic designer best known for creating the circle-of-stars emblem that became the Flag of Europe.
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E.
Morris L. Eaton
Morris L. Eaton is an American statistician known for his contributions to multivariate analysis and decision theory, and for his influential work as a student of Emanuel Parzen.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mathematician
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probabilist ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in mathematics ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vilim Feller
NERFINISHED
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W. Feller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
NERFINISHED
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National Medal of Science ⓘ |
| birthName | Vilim Feller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Croatia
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1906-07-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1970-01-14 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Richard Courant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Göttingen
ⓘ
University of Zagreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Brown University
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cornell University ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Croats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Feller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
mathematical analysis
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probability theory ⓘ stochastic processes ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasPart |
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume I
NERFINISHED
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An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications, Volume II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern probability theory
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theory of Markov processes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
foundational contributions to modern probability theory ⓘ popularizing probability through expository writing ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Croatian
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English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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| notableWork |
An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications
NERFINISHED
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Feller process NERFINISHED ⓘ Feller semigroup NERFINISHED ⓘ Lindeberg–Feller central limit theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
NERFINISHED
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Zagreb NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City
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United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of mathematics at Princeton University ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Ithaca, New York
NERFINISHED
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Princeton, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Providence, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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