The William Kruskal Legacy: 1919–2005

The Mathematical Legacy of William Arveson

This is a retrospective of some of William Arveson’s many contributions to operator theory and operator algebras.

50 Years on: the legacy of William Donald Hamilton.

Evolutionary biology 50 Years on : the legacy of William Donald

was one of the twentieth century's intellectual giants, and with this Special Feature we note the 50th anniversary of his seminal contributions [1,2] that established inclusive fitness as a central element of Darwinian evolution. The authors contributing to this Special Feature present work that traces in some way to Hamilton's oeuvre; looking back further, Costa's contribution [3] links Hamilt...

William Osler's legacy and his contribution to haematology.

William Osler (1849–1919) is generally regarded as one of the greatest and most admired physicians in the history of medicine. An outstanding clinician, he possessed extraordinary charm which inspired many pupils. Osler stressed bedside teaching, hard work, medical history and lifelong learning. As Professor of Medicine at four institutions in three countries, he exerted a profound influence on...

The Kruskal Count

The Kruskal Count is a card trick invented by Martin Kruskal in which a magician “guesses” a card selected by a subject according to a certain counting procedure. With high probability the magician can correctly “guess” the card. The success of the trick is based on a mathematical principle related to coupling models for Markov chains. This paper analyzes in detail two simplified variants of th...