Félix Pollaczek

Félix Pollaczek
Born(1892-12-01)December 1, 1892
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
DiedApril 29, 1981(1981-04-29) (aged 88)
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
EducationTechnical University of Vienna
Technical University of Brno
University of Berlin
Scientific career
InstitutionsAEG
Reichspost
SELT
CNRS
Doctoral advisorIssai Schur

Félix Pollaczek (1 December 1892 in Vienna – 29 April 1981 at Boulogne-Billancourt) was an Austrian-French engineer and mathematician, known for numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics and probability theory. He is best known for the Pollaczek–Khinchine formula in queueing theory (1930), and the Meixner-Pollaczek polynomials.

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