Shimshon Amitsur
Shimshon Amitsur | |
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שמשון עמיצור | |
Shimshon Amitsur, Leeds, 1972 (photo by George M. Bergman) | |
| Born | August 26, 1921 |
| Died | September 5, 1994 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Hebrew University |
| Doctoral advisor | Jacob Levitzki |
| Doctoral students | Amitai Regev Eliyahu Rips Aner Shalev |
Shimshon Avraham Amitsur (born Kaplan; Hebrew: שמשון אברהם עמיצור; August 26, 1921 – September 5, 1994) was an Israeli mathematician. He is best known for his work in ring theory, in particular PI rings, an area of abstract algebra.