Harry Kesten

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Harry_Kesten
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Leroy_P._Steele_Prize
gptkb:Brouwer_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1931-11-19
gptkbp:birthPlace Duisburg
gptkbp:deathDate 2019-03-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Ithaca,_New_York
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Mark_Kac
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Amsterdam
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:probability_theory
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Harry Kesten
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:percolation_theory
gptkb:Kesten's_theorem
random walks
branching processes
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Netherlands_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
Dutch
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mark_Kac
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6