1. Jacques Jean-Pierre Neveu was a Belgian mathematician, specializing in probability theory.
12 Facts About Jacques Neveu
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Jacques Neveu is one of the founders of the French school of probability and statistics.
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Jacques Neveu received in 1955 from the Sorbonne his doctorate in mathematics under Robert Fortet with dissertation Etude des semi-groupes de Markov.
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In 1960, Neveu was, with Robert Fortet, one of the first two members of the Laboratoire de Probabilites et Modeles Aleatoires.
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Jacques Neveu was the LPMA's director from 1980 until 1989 when Jean Jacod became the director.
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In 1962, Jacques Neveu was a charge de cours at the College de France.
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Jacques Neveu taught at the Sorbonne and, after the reorganization of the University of Paris, at the University of Paris VI at the Laboratory for Probability of the Institut de mathematiques de Jussieu.
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Jacques Neveu was a visiting professor in Brussels, Sao Paulo, and Leuven.
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From 1969 to 1987, Jacques Neveu was the thesis advisor for 19 doctoral students.
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Jacques Neveu is one of the founders of the modern theory of probability.
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In 1986 he introduced the concept of arbre de Galton-Watson within the framework of discrete random trees; within the mathematical formalism of Galton-Watson trees, the notation de Jacques Neveu is named in his honor.
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Jacques Neveu was outstanding in teaching as well as research.