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Abraham Wald
Hungarian mathematician
Abraham Wald (; Hungarian: Wald Ábrahám, Yiddish: אברהם וואַלד; (1902-10-31)31 October 1902 – (1950-12-13)13 December 1950) was a Jewish Hungarianmathematician who contributed to decision theory,[1]geometry and econometrics, and founded the field of sequential analysis.[2] One of his well-known statistical works was written during World War II on how to minimize the damage to bomber aircraft and took into account the survivorship bias in his calculations.[3] He spent his research career at Columbia University.
He was the grandson of Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner.
Life and career
Wald was born on 31 October 1902 in Kolozsvár, Transylvania, in the Kingdom of Hungary. A religious Jew, he did not attend school on Saturdays, as was then required by the Hungarian school system, and so he was homeschooled by his parents until college.[2] His parents were quite knowledgeable and competent as teache