David Williams (mathematician)
David Williams | |
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Williams in 1975 | |
| Born | Gower Peninsula, Swansea, UK |
| Alma mater | Jesus College, Oxford |
| Known for | Path decomposition of Brownian excursions |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of Durham University of Cambridge University College of Swansea University of Bath |
| Thesis | Random time substitution in Markov chains (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | D. G. Kendall and G. E. H. Reuter |
| Doctoral students | Martin Baxter Chris Rogers |
David Williams FRS is a Welsh mathematician who works in probability theory.