Israel Gelfand
Israel Gelfand · Science & Medicine
Functional analysis; Gelfand representation of Banach algebras
1913, Okny, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 2009, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
Soviet Union (Moscow) · United States (New Jersey)
Israel Gelfand is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Functional analysis; Gelfand representation of Banach algebras
Gelfand made vast contributions to functional analysis, representation theory and applied mathematics, including the Gelfand representation of Banach algebras. Born into a Jewish family in what is now Ukraine, he led an influential seminar in Moscow for decades before moving to Rutgers University. He was among the most wide-ranging mathematicians of the twentieth century.
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Functional analysis; Gelfand representation of Banach algebras
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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