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David Gottlieb (mathematician)

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David Gottlieb
Born(1944-11-14)14 November 1944
Died6 December 2008(2008-12-06) (aged 64)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materTel Aviv University
Known fornumerical analysis
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsTel Aviv University
Brown University
Doctoral advisorSaul Abarbanel

David Gottlieb (November 14, 1944 – December 6, 2008) was an Israeli mathematician.

Biography

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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.

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