Louis Nirenberg
American mathematician of Canadian origin (1925-2020)
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.
Louis Nirenberg | |
|---|---|
 Nirenberg in 1975 | |
| Born | 28 February 1925 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| 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) |
Nirenberg died at a Manhattan hospital on 26 January 2020 at the age of 94.[2]
References
change- ↑ Allyn Jackson (March 2002). "Interview with Louis Nirenberg" (PDF). Notes of the AMS. 49 (4): 441-449. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
- ↑ Morto il grande matematico Louis Nirenberg (in Italian)
Other websites
change- Interview with Louis Nirenberg, AMS Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Homepage of Louis Nirenberg
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