Widom may refer to:
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Benjamin Widom
Benjamin Widom (born 13 October 1927) is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Chemistry at Cornell University. His research interests include physical chemistry and statistical mechanics. In 1998, Widom was awarded the Boltzmann Medal "for his illumin ...
(born 1927), chemist
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Harold Widom
Harold Widom (September 23, 1932 – January 20, 2021) was an American mathematician best known for his contributions to operator theory and random matrices. He was appointed to the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Santa ...
(born 1932–2021), mathematician, brother of Benjamin
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Jennifer Widom, computer scientist
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Todd Widom
Todd Widom (born April 24, 1983, Coral Springs, Florida) is a retired American professional tennis player.
Biography
Widom grew up in Coral Springs, Florida. He is the son of Eloise Widom and has one brother, Gary. He is married to Beth Eisenbe ...
(born 1983), tennis player
See also
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Tracy–Widom distribution
The Tracy–Widom distribution is a probability distribution from random matrix theory introduced by . It is the distribution of the normalized largest eigenvalue of a random Hermitian matrix. The distribution is defined as a Fredholm determinant.
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, in statistics
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Widom insertion method, in thermodynamics
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Widom scaling Widom scaling (after Benjamin Widom) is a hypothesis in statistical mechanics regarding the free energy of a magnetic system near its critical point which leads to the critical exponents becoming no longer independent so that they can be paramete ...
, hypothesis in statistical mechanics
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