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Peter Whittle, English-New Zealand mathematician and theorist (died 2021)

Peter Whittle (mathematician)

New Zealand mathematician and statistician (1927–2021)

Peter Whittle was a mathematician and statistician from New Zealand, working in the fields of stochastic nets, optimal control, time series analysis, stochastic optimisation and stochastic dynamics. From 1967 to 1994, he was the Churchill Professor of Mathematics for Operational…
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February 27

Day of the year

February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 307 days remain until the end of the year.
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