Mark Kac (/ k ɑː t s / KAHTS; Polish: Marek Kac; August 3, 1914 – October 26, 1984) was a Polish-American mathematician. His main interest was probability theory . His question, " Can one hear the shape of a drum ?"

Mark Kac pioneered the modern development of mathematical probability, in particular its applications to statistical physics. Mark Kac was born into a Jewish family in a Russian part of Poland. His date of birth was given as 3 August on his birth certificate and this was the day on which, throughout his life, he celebrated his birthday.

Mark Kac, pierwotnie Marek Kac (ur. 3 sierpnia 1914 w Krzemieńcu, zm. 26 października 1984 w Kalifornii [1]) – polsko-amerykański matematyk pochodzenia żydowskiego [2], pracujący głównie w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Przedstawiciel lwowskiej szkoły matematycznej.

Dec 10, 2021 · Polish American mathematician whose main interests were probability theory and spectral theory. Polish-American. Results named for Mark Kac can be found here. Definitions of concepts named for Mark Kac can be found here.

Mark Kac (pronounced kahts, Polish: Marek Kac, Ukrainian: Марко Кац, b. 3 August 1914, Krzemieniec, Russian Empire, now in Ukraine; d. 26 October 1984, California, USA) was a Polish mathematician. [1] His main interest was probability theory. His question, "Can you hear the shape of a drum?"

Jan 1, 1985 · Traces the life of one of the world's most brilliant mathematicians from his youth in pre-war Poland and his training under Steinhaus to his post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins, Cornell, and Princeton and his research and teachings today. 163 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1985.

Jan 8, 2022 · Mark Kac (ur. 3 sierpnia 1914 r. w Krzemieńcu – zm. 26 października 1984 r. w Los Angeles) – matematyk. Jego głównym zainteresowaniem była teoria prawdopodobieństwa, a pytanie jakie sobie zadawał: „Czy można usłyszeć kształt bębna?” i rozpoczął badania nad teorią spektralną z myślą o zrozumieniu zakresu, w jakim widmo um

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Enigmas of Chance: An Autobiography. By Mark Kac. Harper & Row; Can One Hear the Shape of a Drum? Random Walk and the Theory of Brownian Motion; On Some Probabilistic Aspects of Classical Analysis; Erdős–Kac theorem; Kac–Bernstein theorem; Feynman–Kac formula; Weyl–Kac character formula

Jan 10, 2023 · Mark Kac (pronounced kahts, Polish: Marek Kac, b. 3 August 1914, Krzemieniec, Russian Empire, now in Ukraine; d. 26 October 1984, California, USA) was a Polish mathematician. Kac completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at the Polish University of Lwów in 1937 under the direction of Hugo Steinhaus.