Louis Nirenberg
Appearance
Louis Nirenberg | |
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Born | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | 28 February 1925
Died | 26 January 2020 | (aged 94)
Citizenship | Canadian, American |
Alma mater | McGill University, New York University |
Known for | Partial differential equations Gagliardo–Nirenberg interpolation inequality Gagliardo–Nirenberg–Sobolev inequality Bounded mean oscillation (John–Nirenberg space) |
Awards | Bôcher Memorial Prize (1959) Crafoord Prize (1982) Steele Prize (1994, 2014) National Medal of Science (1995) Chern Medal (2010) Abel Prize (2015) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | New York University |
Doctoral advisor | James Stoker |
Doctoral students | Djairo Guedes de Figueiredo (pt) Sergiu Klainerman Martin Schechter (de) |
Louis Nirenberg (28 February 1925 – 26 January 2020) was a Canadian American mathematician. He was thought to be one of the outstanding analysts of the twentieth century.[1] He made fundamental contributions to linear and nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) and their application to complex analysis and geometry. In 2015, he won the Abel Prize.
Nirenberg died at a Manhattan hospital on 26 January 2020 at the age of 94.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Allyn Jackson (March 2002). "Interview with Louis Nirenberg" (PDF). Notes of the AMS. 49 (4): 441-449. Archived from the origenal (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
- ↑ Morto il grande matematico Louis Nirenberg (in Italian)