Aviezri Fraenkel
Aviezri Fraenkel | |
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Euler Medal, 2006 "WEIZAC Medal", 2007 shared Israel Prize | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Weizmann Institute of Science |
Doctoral advisor | Ernst G. Straus |
Aviezri Siegmund Fraenkel (Hebrew: אביעזרי פרנקל) (born June 7, 1929) is an Israeli mathematician who has made contributions to combinatorial game theory.
Biography
Aviezri Siegmund Fraenkel was born in Munich, Germany, to a Jewish family, which then moved to Switzerland soon thereafter. In 1939 his family moved once more, to Jerusalem.
Fraenkel is married to Shaula and father of six. One of his grandchildren, Yaacov Naftali Fraenkel, was
In 2018, in respect for his life's work, Fraenkel was given the highly regarded honor to light one of twelve torches—one for each of Twelve Tribes—at the State of Israel's televised opening ceremony on Har Herzl, Jerusalem, in celebration of Israel's 70th Independence Day (which in 2018, fell on Wednesday evening April 18 – Thursday evening April 19).
Academic career
Fraenkel received his
Fraenkel was the founder of the Bar Ilan Responsa Project, serving as its initial director (1963–74), which received the Israel Prize in 2007.
His research also delves into