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Francois Treves

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Francois Treves · Science & Medicine

What

Partial differential equations and functional analysis

When

1930, Brussels, Belgium

Where

Belgium · France · United States

Biography

Francois Treves is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Partial differential equations and functional analysis

How & why

François Trèves is a Belgian-born American mathematician, a leading authority on linear partial differential equations, pseudo-differential operators and functional analysis, whose textbooks became standard references. A student of Laurent Schwartz, he received the Chauvenet Prize and the Leroy P. Steele Prize, and spent most of his career at Rutgers University. He is listed among Jewish mathematicians and is of Jewish heritage.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Partial differential equations and functional analysis

1930

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics