이즈라일 겔판트

소개

이즈라일 모이세예비치 겔판트(러시아어: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Ге́льфанд, 우크라이나어: Ізраїль Мойсейович Гельфанд 이즈라일 모이세요비치 헬판드[*], 이디시어: ישראל געלפֿאַנד 이스로엘 겔판드, 1913년 9월 2일 ~ 2009년 10월 5일)은 소련의 수학자이다. 군론과 표현론, 함수해석학에 공헌하였다. 앙리 카르탕은 겔판트에게 '푸앵카레, 힐베르트와 동등한 수준'이라는 극찬을 남겼다.

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand was a prominent Ukrainian-American mathematician, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, biologist, teacher and organizer of mathematical education. He made significant contributions to many branches of mathematics, including group theory, representation theory and functional analysis. The recipient of many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the first Wolf Prize, he was a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University and, after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday, at Rutgers University. Gelfand is also a 1994 MacArthur Fellow.