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Cathleen Synge Morawetz

1923 - 2017

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Cathleen Synge Morawetz (May 5, 1923 – August 8, 2017) was a Canadian mathematician who spent much of her career in the United States. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equations governing fluid flow, particularly those of mixed type occurring in transonic flow. She was professor emerita at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at the New York University, where she had also served as director from 1984 to 1988. She was president of the American Mathematical Society from 1995 to 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cathleen Synge Morawetz is the 921st most popular mathematician (down from 910th in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from Canada (down from 605th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 921 out of 1,004. Before her are Paul Koebe, James Arthur, Martin David Kruskal, William Spottiswoode, Arthur Geoffrey Walker, and William Gemmell Cochran. After her are Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann, Caucher Birkar, Ivar Otto Bendixson, Fan Chung, Evelyn Boyd Granville, and Richard Garfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 436. Before her are Mae Young, Ralph Giordano, James Dickey, Bernice Rubens, Robert Craft, and John Pulman. After her are Ninian Stephen, Franco Bertinetti, Doc Watson, Larry Storch, Ray Lumpp, and Lee Yuan-tsu. Among people deceased in 2017, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 538. Before her are Lars-Erik Skiöld, Charles Bradley, Roberta Peters, Michele Scarponi, Marc Baecke, and Jerry Pournelle. After her are Spartaco Landini, Ninian Stephen, Jim Nabors, Gilbert Stork, Ty Hardin, and Viktor Kupreichik.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 649 out of 1,622. Before her are Ken Kirzinger (1959), John Porter (1904), Frank Amyot (1904), Suzanne Clément (1969), George Cloutier (1876), and Ken Dryden (1947). After her are Kathleen Robertson (1973), Bobby Clarke (1949), Aileen Meagher (1910), Maureen Forrester (1930), Melody Anderson (1955), and Calvin Bricker (1884).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Canada

Among mathematicians born in Canada, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 9. Before her are Louis Nirenberg (1925), Robert Langlands (1936), Edward Routh (1831), William Kahan (1933), Albert W. Tucker (1905), and James Arthur (1944). After her are Irving Kaplansky (1917), and Manjul Bhargava (1974).

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