Israel Gohberg and Friends

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Mathematical Tales and Philosophical-Mathematical Tales

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Mathematical Tales

      • I. Gohberg

      Pages 3-33

   3. Philosophical-Mathematical Tales A Personal Account

      • I. Gohberg

      Pages 35-40

   4. Our Dad’s Mathematics

      • Zvia Faro-Gohberg, Yanina Israeli-Gohberg

      Pages 41-50

3. Work and personalia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. Curriculum Vitae of Israel Gohberg

      Pages 53-56

   3. List of Publications of Israel Gohberg

      Pages 57-95

   4. List of Graduate Students of Israel Gohberg

      Pages 97-98

   5. Reference

      Pages 99-100

   6. Election Moldavian Academy of Sciences

      Pages 101-103

   7. A Review of the Mathematical Work of Israel Gohberg up to 1998

      • M.A. Kaashoek

      Pages 105-109

   8. Gohberg’ Mathematical Work in the Period 1998–2008

      • M.A. Kaashoek, L. Lerer

      Pages 111-115

   9. The Nathan and Lily Silver Chair

      Pages 117-118

4. Gohberg Miscellanea: Celebrating the 60th birthday

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Gohberg Miscellania

      Pages 121-139

5. Celebrating the 70th Birthday

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141

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   2. Speeches Given at the Conference Dinner in Celebration of Israel Gohberg’s 70th Birthday

      Pages 143-151

6. About Colleagues and Friends

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Opening Address Toeplitz Memorial Conference

      • I. Gohberg

      Pages 155-156

Mathematicians do not work in isolation. They stand in a long and time honored tradition. They write papers and (sometimes) books, they read the publications of fellow workers in the ?eld, and they meet other mathematicians at conferences all over the world. In this way, in contact with colleagues far away and nearby, from the past (via their writings) and from the present, scienti?c results are obtained whicharerecognizedasvalid.Andthat–remarkablyenough–regardlessofethnic background, political inclination or religion. In this process, some distinguished individuals play a special and striking role. They assume a position of leadership. They guide the people working with them through uncharted territory, thereby making a lasting imprint on the ?eld. So- thing which can only be accomplished through a combination of rare talents: - usually broad knowledge, unfailing intuition and a certain kind of charisma that binds people together. AllofthisispresentinIsraelGohberg,themantowhomthisbookisdedicated,on theoccasionof his 80thbirthday.This comes to the foregroundunmistakably from the contributions from those who worked with him or whose life was a?ected by him. Gohberg’sexceptionalqualitiesarealsoapparentfromthe articleswritten by himself, sometimes jointly with others, that are reproduced in this book. Among these are stories of his life, some dealing with mathematical aspects, others of a more general nature. Also included are reminiscences paying tribute to a close colleaguewho isnotamongusanymore,speechesorreviewshighlightingthework and personality of a friend or esteemed colleague, and responses to the laudatio’s connected with the several honorary degrees that were bestowed upon him.

• Gohberg, Israel
• equation
• integral equations
• mathematics
• operator theory

• Econometrisch Instituut, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  Harm Bart

• Editorial Department Mathematics, Birkhäuser Publishing Ltd., Basel, Switzerland

  Thomas Hempfling

• Department of Mathematics, FEW, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Marinus A. Kaashoek

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