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Roland Glowinski | |
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Born | Paris, France | 9 March 1937
Died | 26 January 2022[1] | (aged 84)
Alma mater | École Polytechnique École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications University of Paris VI |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computational and Applied Mathematics, Computational Mechanics and Physics |
Institutions | University of Houston |
Doctoral advisor | Jacques-Louis Lions |
Doctoral students | Fatiha Alabau |
Roland Glowinski (9 March 1937 – 26 January 2022) was a French-American mathematician. He obtained his PhD in 1970 from Jacques-Louis Lions[2] and was known for his work in applied mathematics, in particular numerical solution and applications of partial differential equations and variational inequalities. He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and held an endowed chair at the University of Houston from 1985. Glowinski wrote many books on the subject of mathematics. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[3]