Yitzhak Katznelson

Yitzhak Katznelson
Born1934 (age 89–90)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materUniversity of Paris
AwardsSteele Prize (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsStanford University
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral advisorSzolem Mandelbrojt
Doctoral studentsBryna Kra
O. Carruth McGehee

Yitzhak Katznelson (Hebrew: יצחק כצנלסון; born 1934) is an Israeli mathematician.

Katznelson was born in Jerusalem. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Paris in 1956.[1] He is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University.

He is the author of An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis, which won the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition in 2002.[2]

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]