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Jacob Levitzki
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Israeli mathematician (1904–1956)
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Jacob Levitzki was a mathematician and university teacher born in Kherson in 1904. He received his education at Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium and the University of Göttingen. His doctoral advisors were Emmy Noether and Edmund Landau. Levitzki worked as an employee of Yale University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Kiel University. He is noted for the Hopkins–Levitzki theorem.
He held citizenship in Israel and died in Jerusalem in 1956. Levitzki was buried at Har HaMenuchot. His child was Alexander Levitzki. He received the Israel Prize, which is recognized in the Israel Prize collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jacob
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Kherson
- Place of death
- Jerusalem
- Child
- Alexander Levitzki
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium
- Employer
- Kiel University
- Award
- Israel Prize
- Doctoral advisor
- Edmund Landau
- Doctoral student
- Shimshon Amitsur
- Field of work
- mathematics
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- date of birth
- 1904-08-17
- date of death
- 1956-02-25
- name in native language
- יעקב לויצקי
- place of burial
- Har HaMenuchot
- birth name
- Яаков Александрович Левицкий
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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