Aryeh Dvoretzky

Aryeh Dvoretzky
Aryeh Dvoretzky, 1962
Born	(1916-05-03)May 3, 1916 Khorol, Imperial Russia
Died	May 8, 2008(2008-05-08) (aged 92) Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Known for	Dvoretzky's theorem Dvoretzky's theorem in stochastic approximation Dvoretzky–Kiefer–Wolfowitz inequality Dvoretzky–Rogers theorem eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science
Awards	1952 Weizmann Prize 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral advisor	Michael Fekete
Doctoral students	Shmuel Gal Branko Grünbaum Joram Lindenstrauss

Aryeh (Arie) Dvoretzky (Hebrew: אריה דבורצקי, Russian: Арье Дворецкий; May 3, 1916 – May 8, 2008) was a Ukrainian-born Israeli mathematician, the winner of the 1973 Israel Prize in Mathematics.^[1][2] He is best known for his work in functional analysis, statistics and probability. He was the eighth president of the Weizmann Institute of Science.