Richard Courant

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German-American mathematician human mathematician

Richard Courant was a German-American mathematician known for his influential work in analysis and partial differential equations and for co-founding the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German-American mathematician → human → mathematician →
awardReceived	Franklin Medal → National Medal of Science →
causeOfMigration	Nazi persecution →
coAuthor	David Hilbert → Fritz John → Herbert Robbins →
countryOfBirth	German Empire →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → United States of America →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1888-01-08 →
dateOfDeath	1972-01-27 →
doctoralAdvisor	David Hilbert →
educatedAt	University of Göttingen → University of Zürich →
employer	New York University → University of Göttingen →
ethnicGroup	Jewish people →
familyName	Courant →
fieldOfWork	applied mathematics → mathematical analysis → numerical analysis → partial differential equations →
founded	Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences →
givenName	Richard →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English → German →
memberOf	American Mathematical Society → Prussian Academy of Sciences →
movedTo	United States of America →
notableFor	development of modern applied mathematics → institution-building in mathematics at New York University →
notableStudent	James Serrin → Kurt Friedrichs → Peter Lax →
notableWork	Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition → Methods of Mathematical Physics → What is Mathematics? →
placeOfBirth	Lublinitz →
placeOfDeath	New Rochelle, New York →
positionHeld	director of Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences → professor of mathematics →
religion	Judaism →
sexOrGender	male →
workLocation	Göttingen → New York City →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Martin David Kruskal →	doctoralAdvisor
David Hilbert →	doctoralStudent
Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition →	namedAfter