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Israeli mathematician and former politician Not to be confused with Alexander Lubotsky . Alexander Lubotzky ( Hebrew : אלכסנדר לובוצקי ; born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli mathematician and former politician who is currently a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science and an adjunct professor at Yale University . He served as a member of the Knesset for The Third Way party between 1996 and 1999. In 2018 he won the Israel Prize for his accomplishments in mathematics and computer science.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Professor Alexander Lubotzky ( , born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli academic and former politician. A former head of the Mathematics Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , he served as a member of the Knesset for The Third Way party between 1996 and 1999.
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member of the Knesset Professor Alexander Lubotzky ( , born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli academic and former politician. A former head of the Mathematics Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , he served as a member of the Knesset for The Third Way party between 1996 and 1999.
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He served as a member of the Knesset for The Third Way party between 1996 and 1999. In 2018 he won the Israel Prize for his accomplishments in maths and computer science.
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Israeli mathematician and former politician Not to be confused with Alexander Lubotsky .Alexander Lubotzky ( ; born 28 June 1956) is an Israeli mathematician and former politician who is currently a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science and an adjunct professor at Yale University . He served as a member of the Knesset for The Third Way party between 1996 and 1999. In 2018 he won the Israel Prize for his accomplishments in mathematics and computer science.Alexander Lubotzky | Bridging the abstract and the applicable
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israeli academic and former politician
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israeli mathematician and former politician who is currently a professor at the weizmann institute of science a
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