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Richard von Mises (1883–1953)

Autor(a) de Probability, Statistics and Truth

15+ Works 269 Membros 3 Críticas 1 Favorited

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The World of Mathematics, Volume 3 (1955) — Contribuidor — 116 exemplares

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Nome canónico
Mises, Richard von
Outros nomes
MISES, Richard VON
VON MISES, Richard
Data de nascimento
1883-04-19
Data de falecimento
1953-07-14
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Austria
USA
Local de nascimento
Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Local de falecimento
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Locais de residência
Vienna, Austria
Strassburg, Germany
Dresden, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Istanbul, Turkey
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Educação
Vienna Unversity of Technology
University of Vienna (PhD)
Ocupações
scholar of aerodynamics
statistician
philosopher
university professor
mathematician
Relações
Hamel, Georg (doctoral advisor)
Bergman, Stefan (student)
Mises, Ludwig von (brother)
Frank, Philipp (friend, colleague)
Organizações
Harvard University
University of Istanbul
University of Berlin
Vienna Circle

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Richard von Mises was born to a Jewish family in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Lviv, Ukraine). His parents were Adele (Landau) and Arthur Edler von Mises, a technical scientist. His brother Ludwig von Mises became a noted economist. Richard attended the Akademisches Gymnasium in Vienna, graduating with honors in Latin and mathematics in 1901. He studied mathematics, physics. and engineering at the Vienna University of Technology, and after graduation, was appointed as Georg Hamel's assistant in Brünn (now Brno). In 1905, while still a student, he published an article on the geometry of curves in the prestigious journal Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik. In 1908, von Mises was awarded a doctorate from the University of Vienna, where he became friends with classmate Philipp Frank, and received his habilitation to lecture on engineering. In 1909, at age 26, he was appointed professor of applied mathematics at the University of Strasbourg, then part of the German Empire. He became a pilot and in 1913 at Strasbourg, gave the first German university course on aviation. On the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Austro-Hungarian army as a test pilot and flying instructor. After the war, von Mises had to leave Strasbourg, and became chair of hydrodynamics and aerodynamics at the Dresden Technische Hochschule. In 1920, he was appointed director and full professor at the new Institute of Applied Mathematics at the University of Berlin. When the Nazi regime rose to power in 1933, von Mises fled to Turkey, where he held the newly-created chair of pure and applied mathematics at the University of Istanbul. In 1939, he emigrated to the USA, where in 1944 he was appointed Gordon McKay Professor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. In 1943, he married Hilda Geiringer, a mathematician who had been his assistant at the Institute of Applied Mathematics. He made advances in fluid and solid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, and probability theory. His book Positivism: A Study in Human Understanding (1951) summarized his views on science and life. He also was a leading authority on the poet Rainer Maria Rilke.

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Interesting re-framing. Understanding probability as a mathematical term that is not useful in looser, vulgar applications. The “probability” of a one off, like the assassination of President Lincoln, is not a useful framing—there is no probability there, as probability requires a selection of elements, that can be mixed, partitioned, or combined, but witch over time will be the same and the mathematical probability deterministic.
 
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Membros
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Avaliação
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Críticas
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ISBN
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