Doug Lind

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Doug Lind
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Lind in Seattle in 1978
Nationality American
Alma mater Stanford University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions University of Washington
Thesis Locally Compact Measure Preserving Flows  (1973)
Doctoral advisor Donald Samuel Ornstein
Website faculty.washington.edu/lind/

Doug Lind is an American mathematician specializing in ergodic theory and dynamical systems. He is a professor emeritus at the University of Washington. [1] Lind was named as one of the inaugural fellows of the American Mathematical Society in 2013. [2] He is a board member of Spectra, an association for LGBT mathematicians. [3]

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Education

Lind received his PhD from Stanford University in 1973. His advisor was Donald Samuel Ornstein and the title of his dissertation was Locally Compact Measure Preserving Flows. [4]

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References

  1. Lind, Douglas. "Douglas Lind's Website" . Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2019-10-08.
  3. "Spectra" . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. "Douglas Allen Lind". Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 8 October 2019.