Talk:Israel Gelfand
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Should anything be done about the inconsistent transliteration of the last name? Having added the name in Cyrillic, I note that the page title itself is inconsistent. It should be "Izrail' Moiseevich Gel'fand", right?--192.35.35.34 19:45, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
We don't have to be completely consistent - for example it is Boris Spassky, not Spasskii, because the rule that the common name is used by preference is applied. In this case it is not so clear. There is a case for using Izrail, but I found that Israel is common in English sources. We don't have to include the soft sign at the end, anyway. Charles Matthews 20:46, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
"Boris" is both the precise transliteration and common English usage, so it is not a good example. "Israel" is simply an anglicization, like "Joseph Stalin" as opposed to "Iosif Stalin".
Part of my comment refers to the multiple references to "Gelfand" and "Gel'fand". I take the view that with actual Cyrillic around, the case for scholarly transliteration becomes weak. As it is, most of the time his name on his own work appears as "Gelfand". Springer-Verlag, for example, uses this for 13 out of 14 of his books that list him as author/editor.
I view the apostrophe-for-soft-sign as appropriate only when part of a larger transliteration system, like the AMS follows. There are of course mathematicians better known in common spellings (Lobachevsky and Shafarevich) and mathematicians better known (well, in my experience) with diacritical notations (Šanin and Miščenko) but the latter can't be page titles.
Anyway, I'm absolutely not going to take independent action, but I'd be happier if there were some attempt at uniformity.--192.35.35.34 15:14, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
As Gelfand emigrated to the united states, I guess that he has an oficial name in English as well. Could be Israel Moeiseevich Gelfand or even without the patronymic: Israel Gelfand. But it is not likely going to contain apostrophes or "Izrail'". Most of his publications in English seem to bear "Israel Gelfand" or "I.M. Gelfand". I Suppose that "Israel Gelfand" would be an appropriate title to this article. (see e.g. Stravinsky). --Lenthe 14:37, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I don't think he did emigrate. He has a visiting professorship in the states but I think he's based in Russia. A Geek Tragedy 22:03, 27 March 2006 (UTC) Ignore that I checked it and he emigratedA Geek Tragedy 13:42, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
The quality of the writing in this article is very low. For instance,the first and many subsequent sentences begin with the work "he". It reads like a second-grade essay. I have initiated it as "start" quality. Geminatea 06:30, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nationality
Does anyone know Gelfand's current nationality? Ukrainian, Russian, American? It would effect some of the categories under which he's filed. A Geek Tragedy 19:26, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
