Israel Gelfand

Mathematician and biologist, Gelfand Transform

Israel Gelfand - Thinkers & Philosophers born September 2nd, 1913
Born
Died

2009
17 years ago — 96 years old

Category

Thinkers & Philosophers

Country

United States

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Contributions to mathematics included work in functional analysis, representation theory, and differential equations. Significant influence on the theory of distributions, known for developing tools like the Gelfand transform. In biology, contributions included the mathematical modeling of biological processes. Authored numerous seminal textbooks and papers, shaping future research in mathematics and its applications.

Developed Gelfand transform in mathematics

Authored influential mathematical textbooks

Contributed to representation theory

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