Israel Gelfand

Israïl Moiseevich Gelfand
Born(1913-09-02)September 2, 1913
DiedOctober 5, 2009(2009-10-05) (aged 96)
NationalitySoviet Union
Russian
Alma materMoscow State University
Known forGroup theory
mathematical analysis
Gelfand–Levitan–Marchenko integral equation
Liouville–Bratu–Gelfand equation
Gelfand-Pettis integral
Gelfand representation
Gelfand-Naimark theorem
AwardsOrder of Lenin (three times)
ForMemRS (1977)
Wolf Prize (1978)
Wigner Medal (1980)
Kyoto Prize in Mathematical sciences (1989)
AMS Steele Prize (2005)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsMoscow State University
Rutgers University
Doctoral advisorAndrey Kolmogorov
Doctoral studentsGeorgy Adelson-Velsky
Felix Berezin
Joseph Bernstein
Victor Ginzburg
Alexander Goncharov
Tanya Khovanova
Alexandre Kirillov
Georgiy Shilov
Endre Szemerédi
Andrei Zelevinsky
Vitalii Ditkin

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (Yiddish: ישראל געלפֿאַנד, Russian: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Гельфа́нд; 2 September [O.S. 20 August] 1913 – 5 October 2009) was a famous Soviet mathematician. He worked on many branches of mathematics, including group theory and other areas related to differential equations.

He received many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the first Wolf Prize, he was also a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University, and worked at Rutgers University after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday.

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