Gideon Schechtman

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

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

Academic career

Schechtman received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1976[1] 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.[2] His research focuses predominantly on functional analysis and the geometry of Banach spaces.[3] Schechtman is an editor of the Israel Journal of Mathematics.[4]

References
  1. Gideon Schechtman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. "Dr. Gideon Schechtman". Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. "Gideon Schechtman, Ph.D." Simons Foundation. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. "Editorial board". Israel Journal of Mathematics, homepage at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
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