Aryeh Dvoretzky (1916 to 2008) was a Ukrainian-born Israeli mathematician best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. Born in Khorol, his family emigrated to Palestine in 1922. He earned his doctorate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1941 under Michael Fekete and became a full professor there in 1951. He visited the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton twice and founded the Institute for Advanced Studies of Jerusalem in 1975 on the Princeton model. He served as president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities from 1974 to 1980 and as the eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science from 1986 to 1989. He also headed the weapons development authority Rafael and won the Israel Prize in Mathematics in 1973. His students included Branko Grünbaum and Joram Lindenstrauss.
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May 3, 1916
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He was the eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability.
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He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability.
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His advisor was Michael Fekete.
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