Samuel Karlin

Samuel Karlin
Samuel Karlin
Born	June 8, 1924; Janów, Lublin Province, Second Polish Republic
Died	December 18, 2007 (aged 83); Palo Alto, California, US
Nationality	Polish
Citizenship	American
Alma mater	Illinois Institute of Technology ; Princeton University
Known for	BLAST ; Karlin-Rubin theorem (UMP tests of monotone likelihoods); geometry of moments ; Total positivity ; Tchebycheff systems ; Optimal experiments
Awards	National Medal of Science (1989); John von Neumann Theory Prize (1987)
	Scientific career
Fields	mathematical sciences ; population genetics
Institutions	Stanford University
Doctoral advisor	Salomon Bochner
Doctoral students	Christopher Burge; Thomas Liggett; Charles A. Micchelli; John W. Pratt; Stephen M. Samuels; Charles Joel Stone; Rupert G. Miller; Marcel F. Neuts

Samuel Karlin (June 8, 1924 – December 18, 2007) was an American mathematician at Stanford University in the late 20th century.

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