Partial Differential Equations (1st Edition - Paperback 1952)

New York University, Courant Institute, 1952. First Edition. Soft Cover. Collectible Very Good. 1st Edition - Softcover (NYU - Courant Inst. 1952) OCLC Number: 3161845. No marks or writing observed in text. Previous onwers name on 1st inside page. Light tanning to pages. Binding tight and square. Gently used. . . . . . . . . . Fritz John (14 June 1910 - 10 February 1994) was a German born mathematician specialising in partial differential equations and ill-posed problems. His early work was on the Radon transform and he is remembered for John's equation. John was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky in 1935 and he emigrated to the United States, becoming naturalised in 1941. He stayed at Kentucky until 1946, apart from between 1943 and 1945, during which he did war service for the Ballistic Research Laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. In 1946 he moved to New York University, where he remained for the rest of his career. He received many awards during his career including the Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics in 1973 and the Steele Prize in 1982. On 5 May 1985, jointly with Olga Arsenievna Oleinik, he was awarded the laurea honoris causa in mathematics by the Sapienza University of Rome. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.