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Richard Courant (January 8, 1888 – January 27, 1972) was a German-American mathematician. He is best known by the general public for the book What is Mathematics?, co-written with Herbert Robbins. His research focused on the areas of real analysis, mathematical physics, the calculus of variations and partial differential equations.
Richard Courant was a German-born American mathematician and educator who made significant advances in the calculus of variations. Courant received his secondary education in Germany and Switzerland and his doctorate from the University of Göttingen in 1910 under David Hilbert.
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Richard Courant was a Polish-born applied mathematician best known for founding the Institute named after him in New York. View seven larger pictures. Biography. Richard Courant's father was Siegmund Courant and his mother was Martha Freund.
Learn about Richard Courant, a renowned mathematician who founded the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU. He was a student of Hilbert, a pioneer of numerical analysis, and a leader in mathematical research and education.
Jan 29, 1972 · Dr. Richard Courant, one of the greatest organizers of mathematical research and teaching in the ‘20th century, died Thursday afternoon at New Rochelle, (N. Y.) Hospital, where he had been...
Richard Courant was born in 1888 in a small town of what is now Poland, and died in New Rochelle, N.Y. in 1972. He received his doctorate from the legendary David Hilbert in Göttingen, where later he founded and directed its famed mathematics Institute, a Mecca for mathematicians in the twenties.
RICHARD COURANT. January 8, 1888–January 27, 1972. BY PETER D.LAX. D URING HIS LONG and adventurous life Courant achieved many things in mathematics: in research and the applications of research, in the exposition of mathematics and the education of students, and in administrative and organizational matters.
