Roland Dobrushin

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Roland L. Dobrushin
Рола́нд Л. Добру́шин
St Petersburg
DiedNovember 12, 1995(1995-11-12) (aged 66)
NationalityRussian
Alma materMoscow State University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorAndrey Kolmogorov
Doctoral studentsMichel Deza

Roland Lvovich Dobrushin (Russian: Рола́нд Льво́вич Добру́шин) (July 20, 1929 – November 12, 1995) was a mathematician who made important contributions to probability theory,[1] mathematical physics,[2] and information theory.[3]

Life and work

Dobrushin received his Ph.D. at Moscow State University under the supervision of Andrey Kolmogorov.

In

DLR equations for the Gibbs measure. Together with Kotecký and Shlosman, he studied the formation of droplets in Ising-type models, providing mathematical justification of the Wulff construction.[4]

He was a foreign member of the

US National Academy of Sciences
.

The Dobrushin prize was established in his honour.[5]

with Harry Kesten and Rudolf Peierls in Oxford, 1993

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