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Mark Kac

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Gender Male
Death39 years ago
Born Kremenets'
Ukraine
DiedSouthern California
California
United States
Known forFeynman–Kac formula
Erdős–Kac theorem
Awards Chauvenet Prize
George David Birkhoff Prize
Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada
Date of birth August 16,1914
Zodiac sign Leo
BooksEnigmas of Chance
Date of died October 25,1984
Children Michael B. Kac
Education Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
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Mark Kac was a Polish American mathematician. His main interest was probability theory. His question, "Can one hear the shape of a drum?" set off research into spectral theory, the idea of understanding the extent to which the spectrum allows one to read back the geometry.

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