Aldona Aleškevičienė-Statulevičienė facts for kids

Aldona Džiugaitė-Aleškevičienė-Statulevičienė was a smart Lithuanian mathematician. She was born in 1936 and passed away in 2017. Her special area of study was probability theory. This part of mathematics helps us understand how likely events are to happen.

Her Life and Education

Aldona studied at Vilnius University and earned a special degree in physics and mathematics in 1964. She also got another advanced degree from the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. For many years, until 2010, she worked at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. She passed away in her home city of Vilnius in 2017.

What She Studied

Aldona's most important work was in probability theory. This field looks at how likely different things are to happen. She studied "limit theorems," which are rules that help predict what will happen over a long time or with many events.

Understanding Probability

Imagine you flip a coin many times. Probability theory helps you guess how many times it will land on heads or tails. Aldona's research helped make these predictions more accurate. She looked at how random events add up and how they behave over time.

Her Research Focus

She also studied something called "Markov chains." These are mathematical models that describe systems changing from one state to another. Think of a game where your next move depends only on your current position, not on how you got there. Aldona helped figure out how these systems behave.

Her Role at the Academy

From 1989 to 2010, Aldona was a top researcher at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. This institute is part of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Her work helped advance the understanding of probability in Lithuania and beyond.

Awards and Recognition

• 1987 Lithuanian State Prize