Aryeh Dvoretzky
Aryeh (Arie) Dvoretzky (Hebrew: אריה דבורצקי, Russian: Арье Дворецкий; May 3, 1916 – May 8, 2008) was a Ukrainian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics. He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. He was the eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.
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Aryeh Dvoretzky, 1962 | |
| Born | May 3, 1916 Khorol, Imperial Russia |
| Died | May 8, 2008 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Known for | Dvoretzky's theorem Dvoretzky's theorem in stochastic approximation Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality Dvoretzky–Rogers theorem eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Fekete |
| Doctoral students | Shmuel Gal Branko Grünbaum Joram Lindenstrauss |
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