Hillel Furstenberg

Who is this?

Hillel "Harry" Furstenberg (Hebrew: הלל (הארי) פורסטנברג; born September 29, 1935) is a German-born American-Israeli mathematician and professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and U.S. National Academy of Sciences and a laureate of the Abel Prize and the Wolf Prize in Mathematics. He is known for his application of probability theory and ergodic theory methods to other areas of mathematics, including number theory and Lie groups.

Career

1. 1935
   Born
2. 1977
   Won Rothschild Prize
3. 1993
   Won Israel Prize
4. 1993
   Won Harvey Prize
5. 2004
   Won The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture
6. 2007
   Won Wolf Prize in Mathematics
7. Member of National Academy of Sciences
8. Member of Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
9. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Berlin
• •Citizenship: Israel, United States
• •Known as: mathematician, pedagogue, university teacher