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Joram Lindenstrauss

Who

Joram Lindenstrauss · Science & Medicine

What

Banach space theory; the Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma

When

1936, Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine — 2012, Rehovot, Israel

Where

Israel

Biography

Joram Lindenstrauss is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Banach space theory; the Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma

How & why

Lindenstrauss was an Israeli mathematician at the Hebrew University, a leading figure in Banach space theory; the Johnson–Lindenstrauss lemma, on low-distortion embeddings of points in high dimensions, is central to modern data science. He was a Jewish Israeli and father of Fields medalist Elon Lindenstrauss.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

Contributions & Sources

Banach space theory; the Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma

1936

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics