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'''Donald Samuel Ornstein''' (born July 30, 1934,<ref>[https://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterO.pdf Book of Members (PDF)]; 132 KB; retrieved on 28 December 2008</ref> [[New York City|New York]]<ref>[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/18/4498/x0948901.pdf B. Hajek (1993): "Donald Samuel Ornstein was born on July 30, 1934, in New York, NY."]</ref>) is an American [[mathematician]] working in the area of [[ergodic theory]]. He received a Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1957 under the guidance of [[Irving Kaplansky]]. During his career at [[Stanford University]] he supervised the Ph. D. thesis of twenty three students, including [[David H. Bailey (mathematician|DAvid H. Bailey]], Bob Burton, Doug Lind, [[Ami Radunskaya]], Dan Rudolph, and Jeff Steif.<ref>{{MathGenealogy|5850}}</ref>
'''Donald Samuel Ornstein''' (born July 30, 1934,<ref>[https://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterO.pdf Book of Members (PDF)]; 132 KB; retrieved on 28 December 2008</ref> [[New York City|New York]]<ref>[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/18/4498/x0948901.pdf B. Hajek (1993): "Donald Samuel Ornstein was born on July 30, 1934, in New York, NY."]</ref>) is an American [[mathematician]] working in the area of [[ergodic theory]]. He received a Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1957 under the guidance of [[Irving Kaplansky]]. During his career at [[Stanford University]] he supervised the Ph. D. thesis of twenty three students, including [[David H. Bailey (mathematician)|DAvid H. Bailey]], Bob Burton, Doug Lind, [[Ami Radunskaya]], Dan Rudolph, and Jeff Steif.<ref>{{MathGenealogy|5850}}</ref>


He is most famous for his work on the isomorphism of [[Bernoulli scheme|Bernoulli shifts]] for which he won the 1974 [[Bôcher Memorial Prize|Bôcher Prize]]. He has been a member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] since 1981. In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-03-20.</ref>
He is most famous for his work on the isomorphism of [[Bernoulli scheme|Bernoulli shifts]] for which he won the 1974 [[Bôcher Memorial Prize|Bôcher Prize]]. He has been a member of the [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]] since 1981. In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-03-20.</ref>

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Donald S. Ornstein, 1970.

Donald Samuel Ornstein (born July 30, 1934,[1] New York[2]) is an American mathematician working in the area of ergodic theory. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1957 under the guidance of Irving Kaplansky. During his career at Stanford University he supervised the Ph. D. thesis of twenty three students, including DAvid H. Bailey, Bob Burton, Doug Lind, Ami Radunskaya, Dan Rudolph, and Jeff Steif.[3]

He is most famous for his work on the isomorphism of Bernoulli shifts for which he won the 1974 Bôcher Prize. He has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1981. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]

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