Felix Pollaczek

Felix Pollaczek

Félix Pollaczek (December 1, 1892 in Vienna - April 29, 1981 at Boulogne-Billancourt) was an Austrian-French engineer and mathematician, known for numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics and probability theory. He is best known for the Pollaczek-Khinchine formula in queueing theory (1930), but we also find the "Pollaczek orthogonal polynomials".

Pollaczek studied at the Technical University of Vienna, got a M.Sc. in electrical engineering from Technical University of Brno (1920), and his Ph.D. in mathematics from University of Berlin (1922) on a dissertation entitled "Über die Kreiskörper der l-ten und l2-ten Einheitswurzelnon", advised by Issai Schur and based on results published first in 1917. [ [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=17965 entry] at the mathematics genealogy]

He was employed by AEG in Berlin (1921-23), worked for Deutsche Bundespost (1923-33), moved to Paris wherehe was consulting teletraffic engineer to various institutions (1933-).In 1977 was awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize, although his age prevented him from receiving the prize in person.

He married mathematician Hilda Geiringer in 1921, and they had a child, Magda, in 1922. However, their marriage did not last, and Magda was brought up by Hilda.

References

cite journal
authorlink = J. W. Cohen
title = Obituary: Felix Pollaczek
journal = Journal of Applied Probability Vol. 18, No. 4 (Dec., 1981), pp. 958-963
volume = 18
issue = 4
date = December 1981
pages = 958–963
url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0021-9002%28198112%2918%3A4%3C958%3AOFP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2&size=LARGE


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