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Shmuel Agmon

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli mathematician”. Today it says “israeli mathematician who was known for his work in analysis and partial differential equations”.
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Shmuel Agmon in Nice (1970) Shmuel Agmon ( ) (born 2 February 1922 in Tel-Aviv ) is an Israeli mathematician .1 He is known for his work in analysis and partial differential equations .

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israeli mathematician

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israeli mathematician who was known for his work in analysis and partial differential equations

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