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
Born	(1947-02-14) February 14, 1947 Rehavia, Israel
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Spouse(s)	Edna Schechtman
Scientific career
Institutions	Weizmann Institute of Science
Thesis	Complemented Subspaces of ${\displaystyle L_{p}}$ and Universal Spaces (1976)
Doctoral advisor	Joram Lindenstrauss

Academic career

Schechtman received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1977 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.[1]His research focuses predominantly on functional analysis and the geometry of Banach spaces.[2]

See also

• Gideon Schechtman at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

References

1. "Dr. Gideon Schechtman". Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
2. "Gideon Schechtman, Ph.D." Simons Foundation. Retrieved 21 February 2019.