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Richard von Mises
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Austrian physicist and mathematician (1883-1953)
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Richard von Mises was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, engineer, and university teacher. Born Richard Edler von Mises in Lviv on 19 April 1883, he worked in probability theory, dynamics, mathematics, and applied mathematics. He was educated at TU Wien and the Akademisches Gymnasium, and his doctoral advisor was Georg Hamel. He held teaching positions at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, TU Dresden, Istanbul University, and Harvard University.
His notable works include the von Mises yield criterion, the von Mises distribution, the Cramér–von Mises criterion, and power iteration. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He spoke German and English. He was married to Hilda Geiringer and was the sibling of Ludwig von Mises. He died in Boston on 14 July 1953 and is buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 19 April 1883
- Died
- 14 July 1953.
- Works
- 46
Top works
- Letters
- Bücher, Theater, Kunst
- Georg Hirschfeld und Agnes Jordan
- Vorlesungen aus dem Gebiete der angewandten Mathematik
- The transformation of Rilke
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Key facts
- Born
- 19 April 1883, Lemberg , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 14 July 1953 (1953-07-14) (aged 70), Boston , Massachusetts , US
- Education
- Vienna University of Technology
- Known for
- von Mises distribution , Von Mises transformation , Von Mises statistic , Bernstein–von Mises theorem , Cramér–von Mises criterion , von Mises yield criterion , Von Mises–Fisher distribution , Random sequence , Sample space , V-statistic
- Spouse
- Hilda Geiringer
- Relatives
- Ludwig von Mises (brother)
- Fields
- Solid mechanics , fluid mechanics , aerodynamics , aeronautics , statistics and probability theory
- Institutions
- Brno University of Technology , University of Strasbourg , TU Dresden , Humboldt University of Berlin , University of Istanbul , Harvard University
- Doctoral advisor
- Georg Hamel
- Doctoral students
- Geoffrey S. S. Ludford , Stefan Bergman , Hermine Agavni Kalustyan
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Lviv
- Place of death
- Boston
- Spouse
- Hilda Geiringer
- Sibling
- Ludwig von Mises
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Akademisches Gymnasium
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Georg Hamel
- Field of work
- aerodynamics
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Portrait of Richard von Mises (1883-1953), Mathematician and Engineer (2551839576) (cropped).jpg
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- date of death
- 1953-07-14
- Commons category
- Richard von Mises
- date of birth
- 1883-04-19
- member of
- Institute of Mathematical Statistics
- place of burial
- Mount Auburn Cemetery
- birth name
- Richard Edler von Mises
- name in native language
- Richard von Mises
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- interested in
- probability theory
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Encyclopedic overview
Richard Martin Edler von Mises ( German: [fɔn ˈmiːzəs]; 19 April 1883 – 14 July 1953) was an Austrian scientist and mathematician who worked on solid mechanics, fluid mechanics, aerodynamics, aeronautics, statistics and probability theory. He held the position of Gordon McKay Professor of Aerodynamics and Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. He described his work in his own words shortly before his death as, "practical analysis, integral and differential equations, mechanics, hydrodynamics and aerodynamics, constructive geometry, probability calculus, statistics and philosophy".
Although best known for his mathematical work, von Mises also contributed to the philosophy of science as a neo-positivist and empiricist, following the line of Ernst Mach. Historians of the Vienna Circle of logical empiricism recognize a "first phase" from 1907 through 1914 with Philipp Frank, Hans Hahn, and Otto Neurath. His older brother, Ludwig von Mises, held an opposite point of view with respect to positivism and epistemology. His brother developed praxeology, an a priori view.
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