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Richard Courant
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- Born
- 8 January 1888
- Died
- 27 January 1972
- Works
- 98
Top works
- Linear operators and their spectra with applications to quantum mechanics
- Methods of mathematical physics
- Lectures on the theoryof functions
- Introduction to mathematical analysis
- Wave propagation
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Lubliniec
- Place of death
- New Rochelle
- Child
- Ernest Courant
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- University of Wrocław
- Employer
- University of Cambridge
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- What Is Mathematics?
- Doctoral advisor
- David Hilbert
- Doctoral student
- Mary Taylor Slow
- Field of work
- partial differential equation
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Richard Courant.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
- Work location
- New York City
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- Commons category
- Richard Courant
- date of birth
- 1888-01-08
- date of death
- 1972-01-27
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- Erdős number
- 3
- name in native language
- Richard Courant
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- P8168
- Merlin
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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