Bregman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Ahron Bregman
Ahron "Ronnie" Bregman (; born 1958) is a UK-based political scientist of Israeli origin, as well as a writer and journalist, specialising on the Arab–Israeli conflict.
Biography
Bregman was born and raised in Israel. He served in the Israel ...
(born 1958), British-Israeli political scientist, writer and journalist, specialising on the Arab-Israeli conflict
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Albert Bregman (born 1936), Canadian psychologist, professor emeritus at McGill University
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Alex Bregman
Alexander David Bregman (born March 30, 1994) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Houston Astros.
As a high school sophomore at Albu ...
(born 1994), American baseball player
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Buddy Bregman
Louis Isidore "Buddy" Bregman (July 9, 1930 – January 8, 2017) was an American arranger and conductor.
Biography
Bregman was born in Chicago. His father was an executive in the steel industry. His uncle was songwriter Jule Styne. He spe ...
(1930–2017), American musical arranger, record producer and composer
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James Bregman (born 1941), member of the first American team to compete in judo in the Summer Olympics
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Kees Bregman (born 1947), Dutch footballer
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Lev M. Bregman (born 1941), Russian mathematician, most known for the
Bregman divergence
In mathematics, specifically statistics and information geometry, a Bregman divergence or Bregman distance is a measure of difference between two points, defined in terms of a strictly convex function; they form an important class of divergences. ...
named after him.
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Martin Bregman
Martin Leon "Marty" Bregman (May 18, 1926 – June 16, 2018) was an American film producer and personal manager. He produced many films, including '' Scarface'', '' Sea of Love'', ''Venom'', '' Serpico'', '' Dog Day Afternoon'', '' The Four Seaso ...
(1926–2018), American film producer and former personal manager
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Myriam Bregman
Myriam Bregman (born 25 February 1972) is an Argentine lawyer, activist, and politician. Raised in a Jewish family, Bregman joined the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS) – a Trotskyist Argentine party of which she is among the most prominent membe ...
(born 1972), Argentine politician
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Rutger Bregman
Rutger Christiaan Bregman (born 26 April 1988) is a Dutch popular historian and author. He has published four books on history, philosophy, and economics, including '' Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World'', which has been trans ...
(born 1988), Dutch historian
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Solomon Bregman (1895–1953), prominent member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee formed in the Soviet Union in 1942
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Tracey E. Bregman (born 1963), German-American soap opera actress
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Bregman divergence
In mathematics, specifically statistics and information geometry, a Bregman divergence or Bregman distance is a measure of difference between two points, defined in terms of a strictly convex function; they form an important class of divergences. ...
or Bregman distance, similar to a metric, but does not satisfy the triangle inequality nor symmetry
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Bregman method
The Bregman method is an iterative algorithm to solve certain convex optimization problems involving regularization. The original version is due to Lev M. Bregman, who published it in 1967.
The algorithm is a row-action method accessing con ...
, iterative algorithm to solve certain convex optimization problems
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Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings, Bing Crosby's sixth long play album, but the first recorded with Verve
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