William Beckner | |
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| Born | September 15, 1941 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University University of Missouri (Columbia) |
| Known for | Sharp Inequalities Babenko–Beckner inequality |
| Awards | Salem Prize (1975) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Texas, Austin Princeton University University of Chicago |
| Doctoral advisor | Elias Stein |
| Doctoral students | Emanuel Carneiro |
William Beckner (born September 15, 1941) is an American mathematician, known for his work in harmonic analysis, especially geometric inequalities. He is the Paul V. Montgomery Centennial Memorial Professor in Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin.