Kaplansky — People named Kaplansky include*Irving Kaplansky, mathematician *Kalmen Kaplansky, labour and human rights activist *Lucy Kaplansky, American folk musician … Wikipedia
KAPLANSKY, KALMEN — (1912–1997), Canadian labor leader and human rights advocate. Kaplansky was born in Bialystok, Poland, and, while still in his teens immigrated alone to Canada in 1929. He settled into Montreal s downtown Jewish immigrant community. A typesetter… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
KAPLANSKY, SHELOMO — (1884–1950), Zionist labor leader. Born in Bialystok (then Russia), Kaplansky trained as an engineer and joined the Zionist labor movement at an early age. He lived in Vienna between 1903 and 1912, founded the Po alei Zion movement in Austria,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Kaplansky's conjecture — The mathematician Irving Kaplansky is notable for proposing numerous conjectures in several branches of mathematics, including a list of ten conjectures on Hopf algebras. They are usually known as Kaplansky s conjectures. NOTOC Kaplansky s… … Wikipedia
Kaplansky density theorem — In the theory of von Neumann algebras, the Kaplansky density theorem states thatif A is a * subalgebra of the algebra B ( H ) of bounded operators on a Hilbert space H , then the strong closure of the unit ball of A in B ( H ) is the unit ball of … Wikipedia
Kaplansky, Irving — ▪ 2007 Canadian born American mathematician (b. March 22, 1917, Toronto, Ont. d. June 25, 2006, Los Angeles, Calif.), made important contributions to such algebraic areas as ring, group, and field theory as well as commutative algebra, and… … Universalium
Kaplansky, Shelomoh — (1884 1950) Israeli Zionist labour leader, of Polish origin. He was born in Bialystok and lived in Vienna from 1903 to 1912. After moving to London, he was chairman of the finance and economics committee of the Zionist Executive (1919 21).… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Kalmen Kaplansky — Kalmen Kaplansky, O.C., (January 5, 1912 December 10, 1997) was a civil, human rights and trade union activist in Canada. [http://www.dcf.ca/en/scholarships/kalmen kaplansky.htm Kalmen Kaplansky Scholarship in Economic and Social Rights, Douglas… … Wikipedia
Irving Kaplansky — (March 22, 1917 ndash;June 25, 2006) was a Canadian mathematician. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada after his parents emigrated from Poland and attended the University of Toronto as an undergraduate. After receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard… … Wikipedia
Lucy Kaplansky — Infobox Musical artist Img size = Name = Lucy Kaplansky |Img capt = Background = solo singer Birth name = Lucy Kaplansky Alias = Born = 1960 Died = Origin = Chicago, Illinois, United States Instrument = Vocals, Guitar, Piano Genre = Folk Singer… … Wikipedia
