Kurt Otto Friedrichs

Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Born(1901-09-28)September 28, 1901
Kiel, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
DiedDecember 31, 1982(1982-12-31) (aged 81)
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
NationalityGerman American
Alma materGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen
Known forFriedrichs extension
Friedrichs's inequality
Friedrichs mollifiers
CFL Condition
Lax–Friedrichs method
Newton-Cartan theory
AwardsNational Medal of Science (USA) in Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Sciences (1976)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
InstitutionsTechnische Universität Braunschweig, Courant Institute
Doctoral advisorRichard Courant
Doctoral studentsEugene Isaacson
Peter Lax
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Leonard Sarason
Wolfgang R. Wasow
Chia-Kun Chu
Jerome Berkowitz

Kurt Otto Friedrichs (September 28, 1901 – December 31, 1982) was a German-American mathematician. He was the co-founder of the Courant Institute at New York University, and a recipient of the National Medal of Science.[1]

  1. ^ National Medal of Science