Yitzhak Katznelson

For the poet and dramatist, see Itzhak Katzenelson.

Yitzhak Katznelson (Hebrew: יצחק כצנלסון; born 1934) is an Israeli mathematician.

Yitzhak Katznelson
יצחק כצנלסון
Born	1934 (age 90–91) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	University of Paris
Awards	Steele Prize (2002)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Stanford University Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral advisor	Szolem Mandelbrojt
Doctoral students	Bryna Kra O. Carruth McGehee

Katznelson was born in Jerusalem. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Paris in 1956.^[1] He is a professor of mathematics at Stanford University.

He is the author of An Introduction to Harmonic Analysis, which won the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition in 2002.^[2]

In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.^[3]