David Gottlieb (mathematician)
Appearance
David Gottlieb | |
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Born | |
Died | 6 December 2008 | (aged 64)
Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Tel Aviv University |
Known for | numerical analysis |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Tel Aviv University Brown University |
Doctoral advisor | Saul Abarbanel |
David Gottlieb (November 14, 1944 – December 6, 2008) was an Israeli mathematician.
Biography
[edit]David Gottlieb was born in Tel Aviv. He received his PhD in 1972 from the Department of Mathematics at Tel Aviv University under the guidance of Saul Abarbanel. He was a professor of applied mathematics at Brown from 1985 until his death.[1]
His research focused on numerical analysis, especially as applied to nonlinear partial differential equations.
He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- David Gottlieb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Saul Abarbanel, Sigal Gottlieb, Jan S. Hesthaven, and Chi-Wang Shu, "David I. Gottlieb", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)