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Irit Dinur

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Irit Dinur · Science & Medicine

What

Israeli mathematician who gave the celebrated combinatorial proof of the PCP theorem; Gödel Prize (2019)

When

1973, Jerusalem, Israel

Where

Israel · United States

Biography

Irit Dinur is recognized among Israeli contributors to Science & Medicine — Israeli mathematician who gave the celebrated combinatorial proof of the PCP theorem; Gödel Prize (2019)

How & why

Born in Jerusalem and trained at Tel Aviv University, Dinur became a professor at the Weizmann Institute and then the first woman appointed permanent professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. Her elegant combinatorial reproof of the PCP theorem using expander graphs earned the 2019 Gödel Prize; she is an Israeli Jew.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Gödel Prize

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Israeli mathematician who gave the celebrated combinatorial proof of the PCP theorem; Gödel Prize (2019)

2019

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Gödel Prize