Yaacov Chaueka is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Yaacov Chaueka as Egyptian-Israeli computer scientist.
Yaacov Chaueka was born at Cairo in 1936. His recorded nationality is Israel. He studied at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Friedberg Geniza Project and Bar-Ilan University.
The recorded fields of work are linguistics and hebrew.
His principal contribution is Rav milim. Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from Israel matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Yaacov Chaueka died in 2020, aged 84. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Rav milim
- Held posts at Friedberg Geniza Project and Bar-Ilan University
- Fields: linguistics and Hebrew
