Edward Fraenkel

Edward Fraenkel
Fraenkel in 2017
Born
Ludwig Eduard Fraenkel

28 May 1927
Died27 April 2019(2019-04-27) (aged 91)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BSc, MSc)
Scientific career
WorkplacesUniversity of Bath
Thesis On the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels  (1948)

Ludwig Edward Fraenkel FRS[1] (28 May 1927 – 27 April 2019)[2][3] was a German-born British mathematician, and professor at the University of Bath.[4] He was the son of classicist Eduard Fraenkel.

Education

Fraenkel earned an undergraduate degree (in 1947) and a Master of Science degree (in 1948) from the University of Toronto in the area of Aeronautical Engineering.[5] His thesis was on the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels.[6]

Awards and honours

In 1989, he was awarded the Senior Whitehead Prize.[7] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993.

References

  1. ↑ Burton, G. R.; Toland, J. F. (2020). "Ludwig Edward Fraenkel. 28 May 1927—27 April 2019". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 69: 175–201. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2020.0014. S2CID 222142828.
  2. ↑ Tartar, Luc (2007). An Introduction to Sobolev Spaces and Interpolation Spaces. Springer. p. 170. ISBN 9783540714835.
  3. ↑ "Ludwig Edward Fraenkel | Royal Society".
  4. ↑ "Edward Fraenkel". Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
  5. ↑ Edmunds, D. E.; Fraenkel, L. E.; Pemberton, M. (2017). "Frederick Gerard Friedlander. 25 December 1917 — 20 May 2001". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 63: 273–307. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2016.0027.
  6. ↑ "In memory of Professor Edward Fraenkel | Faculty of Science Staff".
  7. ↑ "List of LMS prize winners | London Mathematical Society".