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Title: The life and work of Zbyněk Šidák (1933–1999) (English)
Author: Seidler, Jan
Author: Vondráček, Jiří
Author: Saxl, Ivan
Language: English
Journal: Applications of Mathematics
ISSN: 0862-7940 (print)
ISSN: 1572-9109 (online)
Volume: 45
Issue: 5
Year: 2000
Pages: 321-336
Summary lang: English
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Category: history
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Summary: Zbyněk Šidák, the chief editor of the Applications of Mathematics, an outstanding Czech statistician and probabilist, died on November 12, 1999, aged 66 years. This article is devoted to memory of him and outlines his life and scientific work. (English)
Keyword: Markov chains
Keyword: rank tests
Keyword: multivariate distribution theory
Keyword: multiple comparison methods
MSC: 01A70
MSC: 60-xx
MSC: 62-03
MSC: 62-xx
idZBL: Zbl 1001.01503
idMR: MR1777020
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022238410461
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Date available: 2009-09-22T18:04:19Z
Last updated: 2020-07-02
Stable URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/134443
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