Persi Diaconis

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkb:MacArthur_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1945-01-31
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Gian-Carlo_Rota
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Jason_Fulman
gptkb:Jason_P._S._Kung
gptkb:Jason_S._Fulman
gptkb:Jason_Schweinsberg
gptkb:Susan_Holmes
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Stanford_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:probability_theory
statistics
combinatorics
mathematical statistics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Persi Diaconis
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jason_Fulman
gptkb:Jason_S._Fulman
gptkb:Jason_Schweinsberg
gptkb:Susan_Holmes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Gian-Carlo_Rota
gptkb:Martin_Gardner
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:probability_theory
mathematical statistics
random processes
mathematics of magic tricks
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork mathematics of card shuffling
mathematics of coin tossing
work on random shuffling
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:magic
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:statistician
gptkbp:publishedIn books on probability and statistics
research papers on Bayesian statistics
research papers on Markov chains
research papers on card shuffling
research papers on coin tossing
research papers on combinatorics
research papers on group theory
research papers on mathematical magic tricks
research papers on mathematical statistics
research papers on random processes
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Susan_Holmes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_W._Tukey
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