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Gideon Schechtman
גדעון שכטמן
Born (1947-02-14) February 14, 1947 (age 77)
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
SpouseEdna Schechtman
Scientific career
InstitutionsWeizmann Institute of Science
Thesis Complemented Subspaces of and Universal Spaces  (1976)
Doctoral advisorJoram Lindenstrauss

Gideon Schechtman (Hebrew: גדעון שכטמן; born 14 February 1947) is an Israeli mathematician and professor of mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Academic career

Schechtman received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1977 and was a postdoctoral fellow at Ohio State University.

Since 1980 he has been affiliated with the Weizmann Institute, where he became emeritus professor in 2017.[1]His research focuses predominantly on functional analysis and the geometry of Banach spaces.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Gideon Schechtman". Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Gideon Schechtman, Ph.D." Simons Foundation. Retrieved 21 February 2019.