Antoni Zygmund
Polish mathematician (1900–1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Antoni Zygmund (December 26, 1900[1] – May 30, 1992) was a Polish mathematician. He worked mostly in the area of mathematical analysis, including especially harmonic analysis, and he is considered one of the greatest analysts of the 20th century.[2][3][4][5][6] Zygmund was responsible for creating the Chicago school of mathematical analysis together with his doctoral student Alberto Calderón, for which he was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1986.[2][3][4][5]
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Antoni Zygmund | |
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Born | (1900-12-26)December 26, 1900 |
Died | May 30, 1992(1992-05-30) (aged 91) |
Nationality | Polish |
Citizenship | Polish, American |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw (Ph.D., 1923) |
Known for | Singular integral operators Calderón–Zygmund lemma Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund inequality Paley–Zygmund inequality Calderón–Zygmund kernel |
Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1979) National Medal of Science (1986) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Chicago Stefan Batory University |
Doctoral advisor | Aleksander Rajchman Stefan Mazurkiewicz |
Doctoral students | Alberto Calderón Elias M. Stein Paul Cohen |
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