Shimshon Amitsur
Shimshon Amitsur · Science & Medicine
Ring theory; polynomial identity rings
1921, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine — 1994, Jerusalem, Israel
Israel
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Amitsur was an Israeli mathematician, a leading figure in ring theory who, with Jacob Levitzki, developed the theory of polynomial identity (PI) rings and made major contributions to the theory of division algebras. A founder of modern algebra in Israel, he taught at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received the Israel Prize. He was Jewish.
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Ring theory; polynomial identity rings
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