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Encyclopedia > Louis Nirenberg

Louis Nirenberg (born 28 February 1925) is a Canadian-born mathematician, known for his work on partial differential equations. is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Main articles: History of Canada, Timeline of Canadian history Canada has been inhabited by aboriginal peoples (known in Canada as First Nations) for at least 40,000 years. ... Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... In mathematics, a partial differential equation (PDE) is a relation involving an unknown function of several independent variables and its partial derivatives with respect to those variables. ...


He was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He studied as an undergraduate at McGill University, and as a graduate and doctoral student at New York University. He became a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Location in the province of Ontario, Canada Coordinates: , Country Province Incorporated June 9, 1846[1] Government  - Mayor Fred Eisenberger  - City Council Hamilton City Council  - MPs List of MPs Dean Allison Chris Charlton David Christopherson Wayne Marston David Sweet  - MPPs List of MPPs Sophia Aggelonitis Andrea... McGill University is a public co-educational research university located in Montréal, Québec, Canada. ... New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university in New York City. ... The Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (CIMS) is a division of New York University (NYU) and serves as a center for research and advanced training in computer science and mathematics. ...


He has received many honours and awards, including the Crafoord Prize, the BĂ´cher Prize, the Steele Prize, and the National Medal of Science. The Crafoord Prize was established in 1980 by Holger Crafoord, the inventor of the artificial kidney, and his wife Anna-Greta Crafoord. ... The Bôcher Memorial Prize was founded by the American Mathematical Society in 1923 in memory of Maxime Bôcher with an initial endowment of $1,450 (contributed by members of that society). ... The Leroy P. Steele Prizes are awarded every year by the American Mathematical Society, for distinguished research work and writing in the field of mathematics. ... National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. ...


See also

  • Newlander-Nirenberg theorem
In mathematics, an almost complex manifold is a smooth manifold equipped with smooth linear complex structure on each tangent space. ...

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European Academy of Sciences-United States Branch (891 words)
Professor Louis Nirenberg is one of the outstanding mathematicians of the second half of the XX century.
In 1995 Louis Nirenberg, former director and professor of mathematics at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, was awarded the National Medal of Science, the USA highest scientific honor.
In 1982 Professor Nirenberg was the first recipient of the Crafoord Prize, established in mathematics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences as an equivalent to the Nobel Prize for scientific research in areas outside existing Nobel categories.
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Louis Nirenberg is one of the outstanding analysts of the twentieth century.
Nirenberg received the AMS Bocher Prize in 1959 for his work on partial differential equations.
In 1982 he was the first recipient in mathematics of the Crafoord Prize, established by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in areas not covered by the Nobel Prizes.
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