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Peter Jagers

b. 1941

Swedish mathematician and statistician

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About Peter Jagers

Born 1941. Peter Jagers is a Swedish academic.

Peter Jagers (12th March 1941) is a professor emeritus of mathematical statistics at University of Gothenburg and Chalmers University of Technology who made lasting contributions in probability and general branching processes. and chair of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg. a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and past president of the Bernoulli Society (2005–2007). He also served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Statistics Sweden.

Jagers has been coordinating editor of the Journal of Applied Probability and Advances in Applied Probability. He is on the editorial committee for Springer's books on probability theory and was editor of Stochastic Processes and their Applications 1989–1993. In 2003 he received the Chalmers Medal and in 2005 was awarded King Carl XVI Gustaf 's gold medal for "services to mathematics in Sweden and internationally".

Publications He has published a large number of scientific works, notably in branching process theory and its applications, and is the author of two books, Branching Processes with Biological Applications (J. Wiley 1975) and Branching Processes: Variation, Growth, and Extinction of Populations (Cambridge U. Press 2005). The Crump-Mode-Jagers (or generalized) branching process is named for Jagers.

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Born
1941
Birth century
Occupation
Nationality
Education
University of Gothenburg
Employers
University of Gothenburg, Chalmers University of Technology
Awards
The Chalmers' Medal; Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics; Carver Medal

Contemporaries

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Who is Peter Jagers?

Swedish mathematician and statistician

When was Peter Jagers born?

Peter Jagers was born in 1941.

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Peter Jagers is an academic.

What nationality is Peter Jagers?

Peter Jagers is Swedish.

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· Wikipedia: Peter Jagers

· Wikidata: Q5826995

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