 right|200px abraham wald (hungarian: wald ÃbrahÃ¡m, &nbsp;â ) was a mathematician born in cluj, in the then austriaâhungary (present-day romania) who contributed to decision theory, geometry, and econometrics, and founded the field of statistical sequential analysis. he spent his researching years at columbia university. == life and career == being a religious jew, he could not attend school on saturdays, as was required at the time by the hungarian school system, and was thus home-schooled by his parents until college. his parents were quite knowledgeable and competent as teachers. in 1928 he graduated in mathematics from the king ferdinand i university in romanian language.anuarul universitÄÈii regele ferdinand i pe anul Ècolar 1927/28. p. 187. online access, university library in cluj, romania. in 1927, he entered graduate school at the university of vienna, from which he graduated in 1931 with a ph.d. in mathematics. his advisor there was karl menger. despite wald's brilliance, he could not obtain a university position, because of austrian discrimination against jews. however, oskar morgenstern created a position for wald in economics. when the nazis invaded austria in 1938, the discriminatio
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