Yitzhak Katznelson Explained

Yitzhak Katznelson
Birth Place:Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Nationality:Israeli
Fields:Mathematics
Workplaces:Stanford University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Alma Mater:University of Paris
Doctoral Advisor:Szolem Mandelbrojt
Doctoral Students:Bryna Kra
O. Carruth McGehee
Awards:Steele Prize (2002)

Yitzhak Katznelson (Hebrew: יצחק כצנלסון; born 1934) is an Israeli mathematician.

Katznelson was born in Jerusalem. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Paris in 1956. He is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University.

He is the author of An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis, which won the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition in 2002.[1]

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.ams.org/notices/200204/comm-steeleprz.pdf 2002 Steele Prizes
  2. http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society