Joseph Gillis

Joseph E. Gillis
יוסף גיליס
Born(1911-08-03)3 August 1911
Sunderland, Great Britain
Died18 November 1993(1993-11-18) (aged 82)
Rehovot, Israel
Alma materCambridge University
SpouseOlga Kirsch
Awards1951 Weizmann Prize
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsWeizmann Institute of Science
Doctoral advisor
Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch
Notable students
Achi Brandt

Joseph E. Gillis (Hebrew: יוסף גיליס; 3 August 1911 – 18 November 1993) was a British-Israeli mathematician and one of the founders of the Faculty of Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he served as a professor of Applied Mathematics. He made notable contributions to fractal sets, fluid dynamics, random walks, and pioneered the combinatorial theory of special functions of mathematical physics.

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