Lucien le Cam
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Lucien Marie Le Cam was a mathematician
and statistician
. He obtained a Ph.D. in 1952 at the University of California, Berkeley
, was appointed Assistant Professor in 1953 and continued working there beyond his retirement in 1991 until his death.
Le Cam was the major figure during the period 1950 – 1990 in the development of abstract general asymptotic theory in mathematical statistics. He is best known for the general concepts of local asymptotic normality
and contiguity
, and for developing a metric theory of statistical experiments, recounted in his 1986 magnum opus Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Decision Theory.
There are several photographs on the Oberwolfach
Photo Collection, including
There is one on the Portraits of Statisticians page
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and statistician
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
. He obtained a Ph.D. in 1952 at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, was appointed Assistant Professor in 1953 and continued working there beyond his retirement in 1991 until his death.
Le Cam was the major figure during the period 1950 – 1990 in the development of abstract general asymptotic theory in mathematical statistics. He is best known for the general concepts of local asymptotic normality
Local asymptotic normality
In statistics, local asymptotic normality is a property of a sequence of statistical models, which allows this sequence to be asymptotically approximated by a normal location model, after a rescaling of the parameter...
and contiguity
Contiguity (probability theory)
In probability theory, two sequences of probability measures are said to be contiguous if asymptotically they share the same support. Thus the notion of contiguity extends the concept of absolute continuity to the sequences of measures....
, and for developing a metric theory of statistical experiments, recounted in his 1986 magnum opus Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Decision Theory.
External links
- Obituary of Lucien Le Cam
- In Memory of Lucien Le Cam
- Lucien Le Cam cv
- Grace L. Yang (1999) A Conversation with Lucien Le Cam, Statistical Science Volume 14, Number 2, 223-241 available through Project Euclid
- Lucien Marie Le Cam on the Mathematics Genealogy Project
There are several photographs on the Oberwolfach
Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach
The Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach in Oberwolfach, Germany, was founded by mathematician Wilhelm Süss in 1944...
Photo Collection, including
There is one on the Portraits of Statisticians page
