Roland Dobrushin
{{Short description|Russian mathematician (1929–1995)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Roland L. Dobrushin
| native_name = Рола́нд Л. Добру́шин
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Roland Dobrushin and Elena Sinai-Vul.jpg
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| caption = Roland Dobrushin and Elena Sinai-Vul
| birth_date = {{birth date |1929|7|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = St Petersburg
| death_date = {{death date and age |1995|11|12 |1929|7|20|mf=y}}
| death_place = Moscow
| nationality = Russian
| fields = Mathematics
| workplaces =
| alma_mater = Moscow State University
| doctoral_advisor = Andrey Kolmogorov
| doctoral_students = Michel Deza
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Roland Lvovich Dobrushin ({{langx|ru|Рола́нд Льво́вич Добру́шин}}) (July 20, 1929 – November 12, 1995) was a mathematician who made important contributions to probability theory,{{sfn|Ibragimov|1997}} mathematical physics,{{sfn|Minlos|1997}} and information theory.{{sfn|Prelov|1997}}
Life and work
Dobrushin received his Ph.D. at Moscow State University under the supervision of Andrey Kolmogorov.
In statistical mechanics, he introduced (simultaneously with Lanford and Ruelle) the DLR equations for the Gibbs measure. Together with Kotecký and Shlosman, he studied the formation of droplets in Ising-type models, providing mathematical justification of the Wulff construction.{{sfn|Jaffe|Lebowitz|Sinai|1997}}
He was a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europæa and US National Academy of Sciences.
The Dobrushin prize was established in his honour.{{cite journal|mr=2489468|title=The International Dobrushin Prize|journal=Probl. Inf. Transm.|volume=44|year=2008|issue=4|pages=395–398|doi=10.1134/s0032946008040108|s2cid=21149495}}
File:Kesten-Peierls-Dobrushin.tif and Rudolf Peierls in Oxford, 1993]]
Notes
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References
- {{cite journal|mr=1480130|last=Ibragimov|first=I. A.|title=The work of R. L. Dobrushin on Markov processes|journal=Russian Math. Surveys|volume=52|year=1997|issue=2|pages=239–243|doi=10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001767|bibcode = 1997RuMaS..52..239I |s2cid=250867778 }}
- {{cite journal|mr=1480016|last1=Jaffe|first1=A.|last2=Lebowitz|first2=J.|last3=Sinai|first3=Ya.|title=Roland L. Dobrushin|journal=Comm. Math. Phys.|volume=189|year=1997|issue=2|pages=259–261|doi=10.1007/s002200050199|bibcode = 1997CMaPh.189..259J |s2cid=121829879}}
- {{cite journal|mr=1480132|last=Minlos|first=R. A.|title=R. L. Dobrushin—one of the founders of modern mathematical physics|journal=Russian Math. Surveys|volume= 52|year=1997|issue=2|pages=251–256|doi=10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001772|bibcode = 1997RuMaS..52..251M |s2cid=250856740 }}
- {{cite journal|mr=1480131|last=Prelov|first=V. V.|title=Information theory in the scientific work of R. L. Dobrushin.|journal=Russian Math. Surveys|volume=52|year=1997|issue=2|pages=245–249|doi=10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001771|bibcode = 1997RuMaS..52..245P |s2cid=250858169 }}
External links
- {{MathGenealogy|id=17505}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927140426/http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/dobrushin/ Memorial website].
- [http://www.computer-museum.ru/connect/dobrushi.htm Biography] (in Russian)
- [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-professor-roland-dobrushin-1584199.html Obituary from The Independent]
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Category:Soviet mathematicians
Category:20th-century Russian mathematicians
Category:Probability theorists
Category:Moscow State University alumni
Category:Members of Academia Europaea
Category:Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
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