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Ronald Coifman

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Ronald Coifman · Science & Medicine

What

Harmonic analysis and wavelet theory

When

1941, Tel Aviv, Israel

Where

Israel · Switzerland · United States

Biography

Ronald Coifman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Harmonic analysis and wavelet theory

How & why

Coifman is a Yale mathematician whose work in harmonic analysis and wavelet theory produced 'wavelet packets' used to compress large data sets—including FBI fingerprint files—and advanced computational and applied analysis; he received the National Medal of Science in 1999. He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, into a Jewish family, and earned his doctorate in Geneva. He is a Sterling Professor at Yale.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Harmonic analysis and wavelet theory

1941

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics