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Shmuel Agmon

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Shmuel Agmon · Science & Medicine

What

Partial differential equations; Agmon estimates

When

1922, Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine — 2025, Jerusalem, Israel

Where

Israel

Biography

Shmuel Agmon is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Partial differential equations; Agmon estimates

How & why

Shmuel Agmon was an Israeli mathematician at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem known for fundamental work on partial differential equations and spectral theory, including the Agmon estimates describing the exponential decay of eigenfunctions. He won the Israel Prize in mathematics. He was Jewish and served in the Jewish Brigade in World War II.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Partial differential equations; Agmon estimates

1922

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics