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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 100,017 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Cathleen Synge Morawetz is the 824th most popular mathematician (down from 786th in 2019), the 537th most popular biography from Canada (up from 553rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 824 out of 823. Before her are Volker Strassen, Curtis T. McMullen, Richard K. Guy, Yuri Linnik, Norman Johnson, and Hans Lewy. After her are Frank Morley, Martin David Kruskal, Salomon Bochner, Avi Wigderson, George Mostow, and Elon Lindenstrauss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 383. Before her are Noël Vandernotte, Albert Decourtray, Viktor Shuvalov, Larry Storch, Willie Steele, and Percy Heath. After her are Horace Ashenfelter, James Dickey, Basil Hume, Ted Stevens, George Mostow, and Brian Naylor. Among people deceased in 2017, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 458. Before her are Paul Falk, Lisbeth Korsmo, Jean E. Sammet, Roger Smith, Norman Johnson, and Sofía Ímber. After her are Nadezhda Olizarenko, Kurt Marti, Henri Emmanuelli, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Cy Young, and Giorgio Capitani.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 537 out of 1,350. Before her are Mia Kirshner (1975), Barbara Wagner (1938), Marc Garneau (1949), Douglas Rain (1928), Doug Rogers (1941), and Edison Chen (1980). After her are Anne Dorval (1960), Montgomery Wilson (1909), Mychael Danna (1958), Bobby Clarke (1949), Douglas Bennett (1918), and Betty Taylor (1916).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Canada

Among mathematicians born in Canada, Cathleen Synge Morawetz ranks 8. Before her are Simon Newcomb (1835), Robert Langlands (1936), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Edward Routh (1831), Albert W. Tucker (1905), and William Kahan (1933). After her are Irving Kaplansky (1917) and Manjul Bhargava (1974).

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