Kurt Otto Friedrichs
German-American mathematician (1901–1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kurt Otto Friedrichs (September 28, 1901 – December 31, 1982) was a German-American mathematician. He was the co-founder of the Courant Institute at New York University, and a recipient of the National Medal of Science.[1]
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Kurt Otto Friedrichs | |
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Born | (1901-09-28)September 28, 1901 |
Died | December 31, 1982(1982-12-31) (aged 81) New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
Nationality | German American |
Alma mater | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
Known for | Friedrichs extension Friedrichs's inequality Friedrichs mollifiers CFL Condition Lax–Friedrichs method Newton-Cartan theory |
Awards | National Medal of Science (USA) in Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Sciences (1976) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Applied mathematics |
Institutions | Technische Universität Braunschweig, Courant Institute |
Doctoral advisor | Richard Courant |
Doctoral students | Eugene Isaacson Peter Lax Cathleen Synge Morawetz Leonard Sarason Wolfgang R. Wasow Chia-Kun Chu Jerome Berkowitz |
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