D. in probability theory and was hoping for a university job doing spectrum analysis of dolphin sounds when McQuown attracted him to Wells Fargo.

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He was a fine mathematician (there is a Perutz theorem in probability theory) and the plots of his Prague tales toy with chance and coincidence.

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Varadhan, New York University, for his work in probability theory, especially his work on large deviations from expected random behavior which has revolutionized this field of study during the second half of the 20th century, and become a cornerstone of both pure and applied probability.

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In the game theory of things, we assumed there was some probability Sony would match us, and probably a higher probability Sony would come later.

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