Aryeh Dvoretzky
Israeli mathematician (1916–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aryeh (Arie) Dvoretzky (Hebrew: אריה דבורצקי, Russian: Арье Дворецкий; May 3, 1916 – May 8, 2008) was a Ukrainian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics.[1][2] He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. He was the eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Born | (1916-05-03)May 3, 1916 |
Died | May 8, 2008(2008-05-08) (aged 92) |
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Known for | Dvoretzky's theorem Dvoretzky's theorem in stochastic approximation Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality Dvoretzky–Rogers theorem eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science |
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Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Doctoral advisor | Michael Fekete |
Doctoral students | Shmuel Gal Branko Grünbaum Joram Lindenstrauss |
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