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Abraham Wald, Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and economist (died 1950)

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Abraham Wald

Hungarian mathematician

Abraham Wald was a Hungarian and American mathematician and statistician who contributed to decision theory, geometry and econometrics, and founded the field of sequential analysis. One of his well-known statistical works was written during World War II on how to minimize the…
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October 31

Day of the year

October 31 is the 304th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 61 days remain until the end of the year.
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