Stanislaw M. Ulam's contributions to theoretical biology
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Stanislaw M. Ulam's contributions to theoretical biology
zbMATH Open document ID: 0586.92001
DOI: 10.1007/BF00398163
author: William A. Beyer
author: Peter H. Sellers
author: Michael S. Waterman
published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics
publication date: 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: S. M. Ulam's contributions to theoretical biology are discussed under the sections: cellular automata theory, population biology, Fermi-Pasta-Ulam results and solitons, pattern recognition, biometric spaces. The references might have been supplemented by \textit{S. M. Ulam}'s Adventures of a mathematician (1976; Zbl 0352.01009), even though his own perception of events is not always accurate (one example is the development of branching processes in respect of the roles of Kolmogorov and M. Jiřina).
reviewed by: Eugene Seneta
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92-03
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01A70
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92B05
zbMATH DE Number: 3941311
zbMATH Keywords: survey
zbMATH Keywords: S. M. Ulam
zbMATH Keywords: cellular automata theory
zbMATH Keywords: population biology
zbMATH Keywords: Fermi- Pasta-Ulam results
zbMATH Keywords: solitons
zbMATH Keywords: pattern recognition
zbMATH Keywords: biometric spaces
Wikidata QID: Q56077794
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3941311