Arthur Herbert Copeland

Arthur Herbert Copeland
Born 1898
Died 1970
Nationality USA
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Rice University
University of Michigan
Doctoral advisor O. D. Kellogg
Doctoral students Ronald Getoor
Howard Raiffa
Known for Copeland-Erdős constant

Arthur Herbert Copeland (June 22, 1898 Rochester, New York – July 6, 1970) was an American mathematician. He graduated from Harvard University in 1926[1] and taught at Rice University and the University of Michigan. His main interest was in the foundations of probability.[2][3]

He worked with Paul Erdős on the Copeland-Erdős constant. His son, Arthur Herbert Copeland, Jr., is also a mathematician.

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