Mathematician:Hillel Furstenberg
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Mathematician
Israeli mathematician famous for his proof, using techniques from topology, on the infinitude of primes.
Wolf Prize
Hillel Furstenberg was awarded a Wolf Prize for Mathematics in $\text {2006/07}$:
- For his profound contributions to ergodic theory, probability, topological dynamics, analysis on symmetric spaces and homogeneous flows.
Abel Prize
Hillel Furstenberg was awarded an Abel Prize with Grigory Aleksandrovich Margulis in $\text {2020}$:
- For pioneering the use of methods from probability and dynamics in group theory, number theory and combinatorics.
Nationality
Israeli, German-born
History
- Born: September 29, 1935, Berlin
Theorems and Definitions
Results named for Hillel Furstenberg can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Hillel Furstenberg can be found here.
Publications
Also known as
In Hebrew: הלל (הארי) פורסטנברג)
Known informally as Harry.