David Gottlieb (mathematician)

Summary

David Gottlieb (November 14, 1944 – December 6, 2008) was an Israeli mathematician.

David Gottlieb
Born(1944-11-14)14 November 1944
Died6 December 2008(2008-12-06) (aged 64)
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materTel Aviv University
Known fornumerical analysis
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsTel Aviv University
Brown University
Doctoral advisorSaul Abarbanel

Biography edit

David Gottlieb was born in Tel Aviv. He received his PhD in 1972 from the Department of Mathematics at Tel Aviv University under the guidance of Saul Abarbanel. He was a professor of applied mathematics at Brown from 1985 until his death.[1]

His research focused on numerical analysis, especially as applied to nonlinear partial differential equations.

He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

References edit

  1. ^ SIAM obituary: David Gottlieb

External links edit

  • David Gottlieb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  • Saul Abarbanel, Sigal Gottlieb, Jan S. Hesthaven, and Chi-Wang Shu, "David I. Gottlieb", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)