Israel Moiseevich Gelfand was a prominent Soviet and American mathematician, born in 1913, who made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. He also worked as a biologist and as a teacher and organizer of mathematical education. He was professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University. His honours included the Order of Lenin, the first Wolf Prize in 1978, the Kyoto Prize in 1989 and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 1994, and he was a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society.
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[O.S. 20 August] 1913
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one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century
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He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics
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was a prominent Soviet and American mathematician
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He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis
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professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University
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professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University
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including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis
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