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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cathleen Synge Morawetz has received more than 105,217 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Cathleen Synge Morawetz is the 910th most popular mathematician (down from 821st in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 536th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Canadian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 910 out of 1,004. Before her are Erna Schneider Hoover, W. T. Tutte, William Gemmell Cochran, Øystein Ore, Robert Daniel Carmichael, and Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar. After her are Herman Chernoff, George Szekeres, Andrei Okounkov, Joseph Wedderburn, Wilhelm Wirtinger, and Ken Ribet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 446. Before her are Bonita Granville, Dannie Abse, Sam Rivers, Slim Whitman, Bjørn Paulson, and Alice Ghostley. After her are Herman Chernoff, Arthur Jensen, Bernice Rubens, Trevor Ford, Edward Clancy, and Roger Foulon. Among people deceased in 2017, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 530. Before her are Cipriano Chemello, Cy Young, Giorgio Capitani, Adolph Kiefer, Spartaco Landini, and Jerry Pournelle. After her are Larissa Volpert, Frank Schepke, Josip Weber, Len Wein, Tore Eriksson, and Geri Allen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 603 out of 1,622. Before her are Michael Mando (1981), Gene Lockhart (1891), Melody Anderson (1955), Alberta Watson (1955), Ernie Collett (1895), and Tony Esposito (1943). After her are Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871), Mark Messier (1961), Alexander Hurd (1910), Suzanne Clément (1969), Bernie Geoffrion (1931), and Haji (1946).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Canada

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

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