Doug Lind is an American mathematician specializing in
ergodic theory
Ergodic theory (Greek: ' "work", ' "way") is a branch of mathematics that studies statistical properties of deterministic dynamical systems; it is the study of ergodicity. In this context, statistical properties means properties which are expres ...
and
dynamical systems
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. He is a professor emeritus at the
University of Washington
The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington.
Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seat ...
. Lind was named as one of the inaugural fellows of the
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings ...
in 2013. He is a board member of
Spectra
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* The plural of spectrum, conditions or values that vary over a continuum, especially the colours of visible light
* ''Spectra'' (journal), of the Museum Computer Network (MCN)
* The plural of spectrum (topology), an object ...
, an association for LGBT mathematicians.
Education
Lind received his PhD from
Stanford University in 1973. His advisor was
Donald Samuel Ornstein
Donald Samuel Ornstein (born July 30, 1934, New York) is an American mathematician working in the area of ergodic theory. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1957 under the guidance of Irving Kaplansky. During his career at St ...
and the title of his dissertation was ''Locally Compact Measure Preserving Flows''.
See also
*
Daniel Rudolph
Daniel Jay Rudolph (1949–2010) was a mathematician who was considered a leader in ergodic theory and dynamical systems. He studied at Caltech and Stanford and taught postgraduate mathematics at Stanford University, the University of Maryla ...
- contemporary of Doug Lind
References
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
LGBT mathematicians
University of Washington faculty
American LGBT academics
21st-century American LGBT people
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