William Beckner (mathematician)

William Beckner
Born (1941-09-15) September 15, 1941
Kirksville, Missouri, US
Alma materPrinceton University
University of Missouri (Columbia)
Known forSharp Inequalities
Babenko–Beckner inequality
AwardsSalem Prize (1975)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Texas, Austin
Princeton University
University of Chicago
Doctoral advisor
Elias Stein
Doctoral students
Emanuel Carneiro

William Beckner (born September 15, 1941) is an American mathematician, known for his work in harmonic analysis, especially geometric inequalities. He is the Paul V. Montgomery Centennial Memorial Professor in Mathematics at The University of Texas at Austin.

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