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Informal research statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 February 2012

DANIEL J. RUDOLPH
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Abstract

The editors are reproducing here an informal research statement that Dan wrote in one of his last years at the University of Maryland. It provides a rare insight into how he viewed his own work and as usual he did an excellent job in setting forth the main points in a clear way. The summary was retyped, lightly edited to correct typos, and provided with references by Ayşe Şahin. One of the editors (B.W.) added a brief appendix to cover some of the highlights of Dan’s work during the last years of his life. Following the research summary is a complete list of Dan’s publications as well as a second list for the other references cited.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 32 , Issue 2: Daniel J. Rudolph – in Memoriam , April 2012 , pp. 323 - 339
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