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Oral history interview transcript with Richard Ellis on 27 July 2007, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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in 1999. Ellis died of bile duct cancer in New York City on July 2, 2018, aged 71.
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Chapman-Eskog-Hilbert Expansion for Models of the Boltzmann Equation
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Chapman-Eskog-Hilbert Expansion for Models of the Boltzmann Equation
187:"Obituary: Richard Ellis, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics" 104:(May 15, 1947 – July 2, 2018) was an American mathematician. 111:, to parents Murray and Helen. Ellis graduated from 349:
Deaths from cholangiocarcinoma in the United States
189:. University of Massachusetts Amherst. July 5, 2018 83: 67: 53: 38: 28: 21: 329:Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni 143:in 1975. In 1984, he improved a key result in 8: 339:University of Massachusetts Amherst faculty 121:Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences 18: 123:. In 1972, he received his PhD from the 164: 344:Deaths from cancer in New York (state) 211:. Institute of Mathematical Statistics 7: 314:People from Brookline, Massachusetts 309:20th-century American mathematicians 153:Institute of Mathematical Statistics 141:University of Massachusetts Amherst 33:University of Massachusetts Amherst 14: 107:He was born on May 15, 1947, in 334:Northwestern University faculty 173:"Mathematics genealogy project" 255:"Richard S. Ellis (1947–2018)" 1: 365: 131:under the supervision of 95: 46: 109:Brookline, Massachusetts 259:Daily Hampshire Gazette 145:large deviations theory 137:Northwestern University 135:. He began teaching at 62:Large deviations theory 324:Harvard College alumni 16:American mathematician 209:"Honored IMS Fellows" 42:Gärtner-Ellis theorem 102:Richard Steven Ellis 23:Richard Steven Ellis 319:Writers from Boston 125:New York University 113:Boston Latin School 231:"Curriculum vitae" 147:originally due to 117:Harvard University 58:Probability theory 139:and left for the 99: 98: 48:Scientific career 356: 271: 270: 268: 266: 251: 245: 244: 242: 240: 235: 227: 221: 220: 218: 216: 205: 199: 198: 196: 194: 183: 177: 176: 169: 85:Doctoral advisor 79: 19: 364: 363: 359: 358: 357: 355: 354: 353: 289: 288: 280: 275: 274: 264: 262: 253: 252: 248: 238: 236: 233: 229: 228: 224: 214: 212: 207: 206: 202: 192: 190: 185: 184: 180: 171: 170: 166: 161: 127:for his thesis 77: 29:Alma mater 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 362: 360: 352: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 321: 316: 311: 306: 301: 291: 290: 287: 286: 279: 278:External links 276: 273: 272: 261:. July 5, 2018 246: 222: 200: 178: 163: 162: 160: 157: 149:Jürgen Gärtner 97: 96: 93: 92: 87: 81: 80: 71: 65: 64: 55: 51: 50: 44: 43: 40: 39:Known for 36: 35: 30: 26: 25: 22: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 361: 350: 347: 345: 342: 340: 337: 335: 332: 330: 327: 325: 322: 320: 317: 315: 312: 310: 307: 305: 302: 300: 297: 296: 294: 285: 282: 281: 277: 260: 256: 250: 247: 232: 226: 223: 210: 204: 201: 188: 182: 179: 174: 168: 165: 158: 156: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 130: 126: 122: 118: 115:and attended 114: 110: 105: 103: 94: 91: 88: 86: 82: 75: 72: 70: 66: 63: 59: 56: 52: 49: 45: 41: 37: 34: 31: 27: 20: 263:. Retrieved 258: 249: 237:. Retrieved 225: 213:. Retrieved 203: 191:. Retrieved 181: 167: 133:Henry McKean 128: 106: 101: 100: 90:Henry McKean 73: 47: 304:2018 deaths 299:1947 births 293:Categories 159:References 265:July 17, 239:July 17, 215:July 17, 193:July 17, 78:(1972) 76:  69:Thesis 54:Fields 234:(PDF) 267:2018 241:2018 217:2018 195:2018 295:: 257:. 60:, 269:. 243:. 219:. 197:. 175:.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Probability theory
Large deviations theory
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
Henry McKean
Brookline, Massachusetts
Boston Latin School
Harvard University
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
New York University
Henry McKean
Northwestern University
University of Massachusetts Amherst
large deviations theory
Jürgen Gärtner
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
"Mathematics genealogy project"
"Obituary: Richard Ellis, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics"
"Honored IMS Fellows"
"Curriculum vitae"
"Richard S. Ellis (1947–2018)"
Oral history interview transcript with Richard Ellis on 27 July 2007, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
Categories
1947 births
2018 deaths
20th-century American mathematicians
People from Brookline, Massachusetts
Writers from Boston
Harvard College alumni

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