# Henry Landau

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'''Henry Jacob Landau''' was an American [mathematician](/source/mathematician) known for his contributions to [information theory](/source/information_theory), including the theory of [bandlimited](/source/bandlimited) functions and on [moment problem](/source/moment_problem)s.

Landau was born to a Jewish family in the Soviet Union and immigrated to the United States in 1945.<ref name="z721">{{cite web | title=Henry J Landau Celebration of Life | website=Google Drive | url=https://sites.google.com/view/henry-j-landau-celebration/home }}</ref> He attended the [Bronx High School of Science](/source/Bronx_High_School_of_Science) and later received an [A.B.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) (1953), [A.M.](/source/Master_of_Arts) (1955) and [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) (1957) from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). His thesis ''On Canonical Conformal Maps of Multiply Connected Regions'' was advised by [Lars Ahlfors](/source/Lars_Ahlfors) and [Joseph Leonard Walsh](/source/Joseph_Leonard_Walsh).<ref>{{MathGenealogy|8303}}</ref>

Landau later became a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at [Bell Laboratories](/source/Bell_Laboratories) and was twice a visiting member at the [Institute for Advanced Study](/source/Institute_for_Advanced_Study). He also served as an adjunct professor at [City University of New York](/source/City_University_of_New_York), the [Chinese University of Hong Kong](/source/Chinese_University_of_Hong_Kong), and [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University).<ref>[https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=1003819 Shannon Theory: Perspective, Trends, and Applications, Preface] in [IEEE Transactions on Information Theory](/source/IEEE_Transactions_on_Information_Theory), 48(6):1242, June 2002.</ref>

His son, Zeph Landau, became a research scientist at [UC Berkeley](/source/UC_Berkeley).<ref name="s367">{{cite web | title=Zeph Landau | website=Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing | url=https://simons.berkeley.edu/people/zeph-landau }}</ref>

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