Roland Dobrushin

Roland L. Dobrushin
Roland Dobrushin and Elena Sinai-Vul
Native name	Рола́нд Л. Добру́шин
Born	(1929-07-20)July 20, 1929 St Petersburg
Died	November 12, 1995(1995-11-12) (aged 66) Moscow
Nationality	Russian
Fields	Mathematics
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Doctoral advisor	Andrey Kolmogorov
Doctoral students	Michel Deza

Roland Lvovich Dobrushin (Russian: Рола́нд Льво́вич Добру́шин) (July 20, 1929 – November 12, 1995) was a mathematician who made important contributions to probability theory,^[1] mathematical physics,^[2] and information theory.^[3]

Life and work

Dobrushin received his Ph.D. at Moscow State University under the supervision of Andrey Kolmogorov.

In statistical mechanics, he introduced (simultaneously with Lanford and Ruelle) the DLR equations for the Gibbs measure. Together with Kotecký and Shlosman, he studied the formation of droplets in Ising-type models, providing mathematical justification of the Wulff construction.^[4]

The Dobrushin prize was established in his honour.^[5]

Ibragimov, I. A. (1997). "The work of R. L. Dobrushin on Markov processes". Russian Math. Surveys. 52 (2): 239–243. Bibcode:1997RuMaS..52..239I. MR 1480130. doi:10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001767.
Jaffe, A.; Lebowitz, J.; Sinai, Ya. (1997). "Roland L. Dobrushin". Comm. Math. Phys. 189 (2): 259–261. Bibcode:1997CMaPh.189..259J. MR 1480016. doi:10.1007/s002200050199.
Minlos, R. A. (1997). "R. L. Dobrushin—one of the founders of modern mathematical physics". Russian Math. Surveys. 52 (2): 251–256. Bibcode:1997RuMaS..52..251M. MR 1480132. doi:10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001772.
Prelov, V. V. (1997). "Information theory in the scientific work of R. L. Dobrushin.". Russian Math. Surveys. 52 (2): 245–249. Bibcode:1997RuMaS..52..245P. MR 1480131. doi:10.1070/rm1997v052n02abeh001771.

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