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Björn Engquist is a Swedish mathematician and university teacher born in Stockholm in 1945. He has been employed by Princeton University, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Texas at Austin, and the Royal Institute of Technology. Engquist received his education at Uppsala University and the Royal Institute of Technology. His doctoral advisor was Heinz-Otto Kreiss.
Engquist is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the George David Birkhoff Prize, the James H. Wilkinson Prize in Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His doctoral students include Weinan E, Thomas Y. Hou, and Anna-Karin Tornberg.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1945 births, 20th-century Swedish mathematicians and 21st-century Swedish mathematicians.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Björn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Royal Institute of Technology
- Employer
- Royal Institute of Technology
- Doctoral advisor
- Heinz-Otto Kreiss
- Image
- Björn Engquist.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1945-06-02
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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