Kurt Otto Friedrichs | |
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| Born | September 28, 1901 |
| Died | December 31, 1982 (aged 81) New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | German American |
| Alma mater | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
| Known for | Friedrichs extension Friedrichs mollifiers Friedrichs's inequality CFL Condition Lax–Friedrichs method Newton-Cartan theory |
| Awards | John von Neumann Prize (1979) National Medal of Science (1976) Gibbs Lecture (1954) |
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| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | Technische Universität Braunschweig, Courant Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Courant |
| Doctoral students | Eugene 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]