Roland Dobrushin

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]

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

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]

He was a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Academia Europæa and US National Academy of Sciences.

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

with Harry Kesten and Rudolf Peierls in Oxford, 1993