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]
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| Born | 28 May 1927 |
| Died | April 27, 2019 (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Awards | Senior Whitehead Prize |
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| Institutions | University of Bath |
| Thesis | On 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.
References
- Tartar, Luc (2007). An Introduction to Sobolev Spaces and Interpolation Spaces. Springer. p. 170. ISBN 9783540714835.
- "Ludwig Edward Fraenkel | Royal Society".
- "Edward Fraenkel".
- 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.
- "In memory of Professor Edward Fraenkel | Faculty of Science Staff".
- "List of LMS prize winners | London Mathematical Society".
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