biography
pronunciation:
[freedrikhs]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1901–82)
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| biography:
| Mathematician, born in Kiel, Germany. Emigrating to the USA to teach at New York University (NYU) (1937), he later directed NYU's Courant Institute (1966–7). A National Academy of Sciences member, recipient of the National Medal of Science (1977), and author of several books, he conducted groundbreaking work in pure and applied mathematics and mathematical physics. |
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