Edward Fraenkel

Ludwig Edward Fraenkel FRS (28 May 1927 – 27 April 2019)[1][2] was a German-born British mathematician, and professor at University of Bath.[3]

Not to be confused with Edward Frenkel.
Edward Fraenkel
Edward Fraenkel in 2017
Born28 May 1927
Germany
DiedApril 27, 2019(2019-04-27) (aged 91)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
AwardsSenior Whitehead Prize
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Bath
ThesisOn the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels (1948)

Education

He earned an undergraduate degree (in 1947) and a Master of Science degree (in 1948) from the University of Toronto in the area of Aeronautical Engineering[4]. His thesis was on the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels[5].

Awards and honours

In 1989, he was awarded the Senior Whitehead Prize[6]. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993.

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References
  1. Tartar, Luc (2007). An Introduction to Sobolev Spaces and Interpolation Spaces. Springer. p. 170. ISBN 9783540714835.
  2. "Ludwig Edward Fraenkel | Royal Society".
  3. "Edward Fraenkel".
  4. Edmunds, D. E.; Fraenkel, L. E.; Pemberton, M. (2017). "Frederick Gerard Friedlander. 25 December 1917 — 20 May 2001". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 273–307. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0027.
  5. "In memory of Professor Edward Fraenkel | Faculty of Science Staff".
  6. "List of LMS prize winners | London Mathematical Society".


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