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Marcel Riesz

Who

Marcel Riesz · Science & Medicine

What

Analysis; the Riesz-Thorin interpolation theorem

When

1886, Győr, Austria-Hungary — 1969, Lund, Sweden

Where

Hungary · Sweden

Biography

Marcel Riesz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Analysis; the Riesz-Thorin interpolation theorem

How & why

Riesz was a Hungarian-born mathematician, long a professor at Lund, who worked in analysis, number theory and mathematical physics; the Riesz-Thorin interpolation theorem, Riesz means and his work on the Dirac equation and Clifford algebras bear his influence. He was the younger brother of Frigyes Riesz. He came from a Jewish family.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

Contributions & Sources

Analysis; the Riesz-Thorin interpolation theorem

1886

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics