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Israel Gelfand obituary

Israel Gelfand

Israel Gelfand left Russia in 1989 and moved to the United States, taking up posts at Harvard and MIT. Photograph: Rutgers University Israel Gelfand, who has died aged 96, was a major figure in mathematics for seven decades. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited

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