Elias M. Stein
American mathematician (1931-2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elias Menachem Stein (January 13, 1931 – December 23, 2018) was an American mathematician. He was a known in the field of harmonic analysis. He was professor of Mathematics at Princeton University from 1963 until his death in 2018.
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Born | (1931-01-13)January 13, 1931 |
Died | December 23, 2018(2018-12-23) (aged 87) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1955) |
Known for | Stein–Strömberg theorem |
Spouse | Elly Intrator |
Children | Karen Stein Jeremy C. Stein |
Awards | Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics (1993) Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999) National Medal of Science (2001) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2002) |
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Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Princeton University |
Thesis | Linear Operators on Lp Spaces (1955) |
Doctoral advisor | Antoni Zygmund |
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His honors include the Steele Prize (1984 and 2002), the Schock Prize in Mathematics (1993), the Wolf Prize in Mathematics (1999), and the National Medal of Science (2001). In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[1]