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Alexander Weinstein

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Alexander Weinstein · Science & Medicine

What

Applied mathematics; singular partial differential equations

When

1897, Saratov, Russia — 1979, Washington, D.C., United States

Where

Germany · Canada · United States

Biography

Alexander Weinstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Applied mathematics; singular partial differential equations

How & why

Alexander Weinstein was a Russian-born Jewish mathematician who worked on boundary-value problems, fluid dynamics and singular partial differential equations, developing what is now called generalized axially symmetric potential theory. His career took him across Europe before he settled in North America.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Applied mathematics; singular partial differential equations

1897

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics