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Beno Arbel

Beno Arbel was an Israeli mathematician and historian of mathematics who served as professor of mathematics at Tel Aviv University.

1939 to 2013Mathematics educationProgram for gifted young studentsHistory of mathematics

Born: 20 January 1939, Romania
Died: 9 April 2013
Occupation: mathematician, professor
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Bucharest

Beno Arbel was born in 1939 in Romania

Beno Arbel was born in Drăgănești-Olt, Romania. He began his university studies at the University of Bucharest.

He immigrated to Israel in 1961 and continued his studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics in 1963 and a master's degree in mathematics in 1965, supervised by Aryeh Dvoretzky. He later completed a doctorate in 1987 under Marcel Herzog.

In 1965 he enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces and served in the Air Force.

Arbel taught at Tel Aviv University, Kibbutzim College, Beit Berl Academic College and the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo. He worked extensively in mathematics education. From the late 1980s he directed the Tel Aviv University program for gifted young students in mathematics and computer science.

In 2013 he received a lifetime achievement certificate from the dean of the Faculty of Exact Sciences at Tel Aviv University. He was married to Johanna and had 2 children. He died in 2013 and was buried in Kfar Saba, and the university set up a program in his memory.