Israel Gelfand
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Summary
Israel Gelfand was born in Okny[1]. He died in New Brunswick[2]. He worked as a mathematician[3], biologist[4], and university teacher[5]. He ranks in the top 0.72% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,330 views/month, #7,197 of 1,000,298).[6]
Key Facts
- Place of burial: Floral Park Cemetery[7]
- Child: Vladimir I. Gelfand[8], Sergey Gelfand[9]
- Country of citizenship: Russian Empire[10], Soviet Union[11], United States[12], Russia[13]
- Field of work: mathematical analysis[14], functional analysis[15], algebra[16], topology[17], theory of differential equations[18], probability theory[19], numerical analysis[20], mathematics[21], biology[22], pedagogy[23], group theory[24], representation theory[25]
- Employer: Lomonosov Moscow State University[26], Harvard University[27], Massachusetts Institute of Technology[28], Academy of Sciences of the USSR[29], Rutgers University[30], Steklov Institute of Mathematics[31], Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics[32]
- Educated at: Lomonosov Moscow State University[33]
- Doctoral advisor: Andrey Kolmogorov[34]
- Award received: Stalin Prize[35], Order of the Badge of Honour[36], Order of Lenin[37], Lenin Prize[38], Order of the Red Banner of Labour[39], Order of Friendship of Peoples[40], doctor honoris causa from the Pierre and Marie Curie University[41], Wolf Prize in Mathematics[42], Wigner Medal[43], Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences[44], MacArthur Fellows Program[45], Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement[46], honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala[47], Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford[48]
- Sex or gender: male[49]
- Doctoral student: Georgy Adelson-Velsky[50], Joseph Bernstein[51], Endre Szemerédi[52], Andrei Zelevinsky[53], Felix Berezin[54], Alexandre Kirillov[55], Georgiy Shilov[56], Alexander Goncharov[57], Victor Lidskii[58], Albert Molchanov[59], Vladimir Retakh[60], Yuliy Schreider[61], Vitalii Ditkin[62], Emmanuil Shnol[63]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for Israel Gelfand include Gelfand–Naimark–Segal construction[64], Gelfand–Naimark theorem[65], Gelfand–Mazur theorem[66], and Gelfand-Levitan-Marchenko equation[67].
Why It Matters
Israel Gelfand has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] He is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]
He is credited with the discovery of tridiagonal matrix algorithm[70], a method for solving linear systems[71]. Entities named for him include Gelfand–Naimark–Segal construction[64], Gelfand–Naimark theorem[65], Gelfand–Mazur theorem[66], and Gelfand-Levitan-Marchenko equation[67].
His notable doctoral advisees include Joseph Bernstein[72], Endre Szemerédi[73], Alexandre Kirillov[74], Georgy Adelson-Velsky[75], Georgiy Shilov[76], and Boris Feigin[77].
FAQs
Where was Israel Gelfand born?
Israel Gelfand was born in Okny[1].
Where did Israel Gelfand die?
Israel Gelfand passed away in New Brunswick[2].
What did Israel Gelfand do for work?
Israel Gelfand worked as a mathematician[3], biologist[4], and university teacher[5].
Where did Israel Gelfand go to school?
Israel Gelfand was educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University[33].
What awards did Israel Gelfand receive?
Honors received include Stalin Prize[35], Order of the Badge of Honour[36], Order of Lenin[37], and Lenin Prize[38].
What did Israel Gelfand discover?
Israel Gelfand is credited as discoverer of tridiagonal matrix algorithm[70].