Lionel Cooper | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Jacob_Lionel_Bakst_Cooper.jpg) JLB Cooper, c.1960 | |
| Born | 27 December 1915 |
| Died | 8 August 1979 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town Queen's College, Oxford |
| Awards | Berwick Prize (1949) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | operator theory, transform theory, thermodynamics, functional analysis and differential equations |
| Institutions | Birkbeck College Imperial College Cardiff University University of Witwatersrand Caltech University of Toronto Chelsea College, University of London |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Titchmarsh |
| Doctoral students | R. E. Edwards James Stewart |
Jacob Lionel Bakst Cooper (27 December 1915 – 8 August 1979) was a South African mathematician who worked in operator theory, transform theory, thermodynamics, functional analysis and differential equations.