John Tukey
John Tukey
John Wilder Tukey ForMemRSwas an American mathematician best known for development of the FFT algorithm and box plot. The Tukey range test, the Tukey lambda distribution, the Tukey test of additivity, and the Teichmüller–Tukey lemma all bear his name...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth16 June 1915
CountryUnited States of America
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