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Louis Nirenberg

American mathematician of Canadian origin (1925-2020).

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Mathematician
University Teacher
Scientist

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Partial Differential Equation
Mathematics
Inequality
Mathematical Interpolation

Place of Birth

Hamilton
United States

Country of Citizenship

Canada
United States

Date of Birth

2/28/1925

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Guggenheim Fellowship
(1966)
Point in Time
: 1966
Point in Time
: 1975
Chern Medal
(2010)
Followed By
:
Phillip Griffiths
Point in Time
: 2010
Abel Prize
(2015)
Together With
:
John Forbes Nash
Point in Time
: 2015
National Medal of Science
(1995)
Point in Time
: 1995
Bôcher Memorial Prize
(1959)
Point in Time
: 1959
Crafoord Prize in Mathematics
(1982)
Country of Citizenship
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United States
Award Rationale
: Theory of non-linear differential equations
Field of Work
:
Mathematics
Point in Time
: 1982
Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
(1994)
Point in Time
: 1994
Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research
(2014)
Point in Time
: 2014
Honorary Doctorate From McMaster University
Honorary Doctorate From the McGill University
Honorary Doctorate From the University of British Columbia
Honorary Doctor of Paris Dauphine University
(4/26/1989)
Point in Time
: 4/26/1989
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
(2013)
Point in Time
: 2013
Announcement Date
: 11/1/2012
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
(1949 - 1999)
End Cause
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Professor Emeritus
Start Time
: 1949
End Time
: 1999
French Academy of Sciences
(1989 - )
Subject Has Role
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Foreign Member
Start Time
: 1989
National Academy of Sciences
(1969 - )
Subject Has Role
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Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1969
Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Mathematical Society
(11/1/2012 - )
Subject Has Role
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Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Start Time
: 11/1/2012
Royal Society of Canada
American Philosophical Society
(1987 - )
Start Time
: 1987
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McGill University
(1942 - 1945)
Start Time
: 1942
End Time
: 1945
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
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New York University
(1945 - 1949)
Start Time
: 1945
End Time
: 1949
Baron Byng High School
( - 1942)
End Time
: 1942
Nirenberg
Louis Nirenberg
Haïm Brezis
1/26/2020
English
New York City
Differential Geometry
Jewish People
Kurt Otto Friedrichs
The Determination of a Closed Convex Surface Having Given Line Elements
(1949)
Point in Time
: 1949
Gagliardo–Nirenberg Interpolation Inequality
Nirenberg's Conjecture
Director
(1970 - 1972)
Replaces
:
Jürgen Moser
Replaced By
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Peter Lax
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Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
Start Time
: 1970
End Time
: 1972
Louis Nirenberg, ‘One of the Great Mathematicians,’ Dies at 94
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