Professor Tim Robertson passed away on April 5, 2010, to the regret of his colleagues, family and friends. His former students, collaborators and colleagues who had held him in high esteem throughout his distinguished academic career covering 39 years in the Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at The University…

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In the back of the cab, Benoît Mandelbrot was at work. We had an appointment in Manhattan together, and the Polish-born, Franco-American mathematician did not like the geometry of the route the taxi driver was taking. “Why don’t you go down Second Avenue?” he asked the driver. Cross on 25th,…

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