Lev M. Bregman: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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| birth_date = January 31, 1941

| birth_place = [[Leningrad]]

| education death_date = LeningradFebruary 24, University2023

| occupation death_place = Mathematician[[Israel]]

| known_foreducation = Bregman[[Leningrad divergence, Bregman's TheoremUniversity]]

| occupation = [[Mathematician]]

| known_for = [[Bregman divergence]], [[Bregman's Theorem]]

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'''Lev M. Bregman''' (born 31 January 1941 in- Leningrad2023) iswas a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Israel]]i mathematician, most known for the [[Bregman divergence]] named after him.

Bregman received his M. Sc. in mathematics in 1963 at [[Leningrad University]] and his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1966 at the same institution, under the direction of his advisor Prof. [[J. V. Romanovsky]], for his thesis about relaxation methods for finding a common point of convex sets, which led to one of his most well-known publications.<ref>Brègman, L. M. A relaxation method of finding a common point of convex sets and its application to the solution of problems in convex programming. (Russian) Ž. Vyčisl. Mat. i Mat. Fiz. 7 1967 620–631. MR215617 (35 #6457) 90.60 (65.00)</ref>

[[Bregman's Theorem]], proving a 1963 conjecture of [[Henryk Minc]], gives an upper bound on the permanent of a 0-1 matrix.

Bregman is currentlywas employed at the [[Institute for Industrial Mathematics]], Beer-Sheva, Israel, after having spent one year at [[Ben-Gurion University of the Negev]], Beer-Sheva. Formerly, during 1966-1991, he was senior researcher at University ofthe Leningrad University.

Bregman is author of several text books and dozens of publications in international journals.

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