Israel Gelfand

Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand (, ;  – 5 October 2009) was a famous Soviet mathematician. He worked on many branches of mathematics, including group theory and other areas related to differential equations.

He received many awards, including the Order of Lenin and the first Wolf Prize, he was also a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society and professor at Moscow State University, and worked at Rutgers University after immigrating to the United States shortly before his 76th birthday.

Books

Generalized Functions Volumes, 1-6, American Math Society, (2015)

Other websites
Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, dedicated site, maintained by Tatiana V. Gelfand and Tatiana I. Gelfand
Israel Gelfand - Daily Telegraph obituary
Israel Gelfand - Guardian obituary

Web page at Rutgers
List of publications.
Steele Prize citation .
The unity of mathematics – In honor of the ninetieth burthday of I. M. Gelfand
Interview: "A talk with professor I. M. Gelfand.", recorded by V. Retakh and A. Sosinsky, Kvant (1989), no. 1, 3–12 (in Russian). English translation in: Quantum (1991), no. 1, 20–26. (Link)
References

Category:1913 births
Category:2009 deaths
Category:Russian mathematicians
Category:Algebraists
Category:Moscow State University faculty
Category:Moscow State University alumni