Hillel Furstenberg

Harry Furstenberg
Born (1935-09-29) September 29, 1935 (age 89)
NationalityIsrael
American
EducationYeshiva University (BA, MS)
Princeton University (PhD)
Known forProof of Szemerédi's theorem
IP set
Evenly spaced integer topology
Furstenberg–Sárközy theorem
Furstenberg boundary
Furstenberg's proof
AwardsAbel Prize[1]
Israel Prize
Harvey Prize
Wolf Prize
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Thesis Prediction Theory  (1958)
Doctoral advisorSalomon Bochner
Doctoral studentsAlexander Lubotzky
Vitaly Bergelson
Shahar Mozes
Yuval Peres
Tamar Ziegler

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.

  1. ^ Bergelson, Vitaly; Glasner, Eli; Weiss, Benjamin (2024). "The work of Hillel Furstenberg and its impact on modern mathematics". The Abel Prize 2018-2022. pp. 399–431. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-33973-8_11. ISBN 978-3-031-33972-1.