Mathematician:Wolfgang Doeblin

Mathematician

French-German mathematician who obtained major results in probability theory.

Nationality

German, later changing nationality to French

History

• Born: 17 March 1915 in Berlin
• Died: 21 June 1940 in Housseras, France

Publications

• 1938: Sur les propriétés asymptotiques de mouvements régis par certains types de chaînes simples

Also known as

Some sources render his name as Wolfgang Döblin.

After becoming a French citizen in 1938, he chose the official name of Vincent Doblin.

However, he published his work under the name Wolfgang Doeblin.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Wolfgang Doeblin": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive