People named Kaplansky ''( pl, Kapłański (feminine Kapłańska), russian: Капланский, also Kaplanski (feminine Kaplanska))'' include: * Abraham Kaplansky (1860–1939), Canadian printer *

Kalmen Kaplansky Kalmen Kaplansky, (January 5, 1912 – December 10, 1997) was a civil, human rights and trade union activist in Canada. Alan Borovoy described Kaplansky as "the ''zaideh''" (grandfather) of the Canadian human rights movement. Kaplansky was born in ...

(1912–1997), Canadian labour and human rights activist *

Irving Kaplansky Irving Kaplansky (March 22, 1917 – June 25, 2006) was a mathematician, college professor, author, and amateur musician.O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Irving Kaplansky", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andr ...

(1917–2006), Canadian mathematician **

Kaplansky density theorem In the theory of von Neumann algebras, the Kaplansky density theorem, due to Irving Kaplansky, is a fundamental approximation theorem. The importance and ubiquity of this technical tool led Gert Pedersen to comment in one of his books that, :''The ...

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. Group rings Let be a f ...

Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms In mathematics, Kaplansky's theorem on quadratic forms is a result on simultaneous representation of primes by quadratic forms. It was proved in 2003 by Irving Kaplansky Irving Kaplansky (March 22, 1917 – June 25, 2006) was a mathematician, ...

Lucy Kaplansky Lucy Kaplansky (born February 16, 1960) is an American Folk music, folk musician based in New York City. Kaplansky has a PhD in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University and plays guitar, mandolin, and piano. Life and career Kaplansky was or ...

(born 1960), an American folk musician, daughter of Irving Kaplansky *

Shlomo Kaplansky Shlomo Kaplansky ( he, שלמה קפלנסקי; born 7 March 1884 in Białystok - died 7 December 1950 in Haifa) was a Labour Zionist politician, who served as the secretary of the World Union of Poalei Zion. During the 1920s he was a leading adv ...

(1884–1950), Zionist politician and President of the

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology ( he, הטכניון – מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a public research university located in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire, the Technion ...

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