Edward Fraenkel

Not to be confused with Edward Frenkel or Eduard Fraenkel.

Edward Fraenkel
FRS
Fraenkel in 2017
Born
Ludwig Eduard Fraenkel

28 May 1927
Kiel, Prussia, Germany
Died27 April 2019(2019-04-27) (aged 91)
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of Toronto (BSc, MSc)
AwardsSenior Whitehead Prize
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity 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".
  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".