Heinz Otto Cordes

Heinz Otto Cordes
Cordes in 2010
Born18 March 1925
Died30 October 2018 (aged 93)
NationalityGerman-American
OccupationMathematician
SpouseHilga Cordes (1995–2018)
Children3

Heinz Otto Cordes (March 18, 1925 – October 30, 2018) was a German-American mathematician, specializing in partial differential equations (PDEs).[1] He is known for the Aronszajn–Cordes uniqueness theorem for solutions of elliptic PDEs (due independently to Nachman Aronszajn).[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Heinz O. Cordes | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley".
  2. ^ Zworski, Maciej (2020). "In Memoriam. Heinz Otto Cordes". University of California Academic Senate.
  3. ^ Aronszajn, N. (1957). A unique continuation theorem for solutions of elliptic partial differential equations or inequalities of second order. J. Math. Pures et Appl. 36: 235-249
  4. ^ Cordes, H. O. (1956). Über die eindeutige Bestimmtheit der Lösunger elliptischer Differentialgleichungen durch Anfangsvorgaben. Nachr. Akad. Wiss. Göttingen. Math.-Phys. Kl. IIa. 1956: 239-258.