Kurt Otto Friedrichs

Kurt Otto Friedrichs
Born(1901-09-28)September 28, 1901
Kiel, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
DiedDecember 31, 1982(1982-12-31) (aged 81)
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Alma materGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen
Known forFriedrichs extension
Friedrichs mollifiers
Friedrichs' inequality
CFL Condition
Lax–Friedrichs method
Newton-Cartan theory
AwardsJohn von Neumann Prize (1979)
National Medal of Science (1976)
Gibbs Lecture (1954)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
InstitutionsTechnische Universität Braunschweig, Courant Institute
Doctoral advisor
Richard Courant
Doctoral students
Eugene Isaacson
Peter Lax
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Leonard Sarason
Wolfgang R. Wasow
Chia-Kun Chu
Jerome Berkowitz

Kurt Otto Friedrichs (September 28, 1901 – December 31, 1982) was a German-American mathematician. He was the co-founder of the Courant Institute at New York University, and a recipient of the National Medal of Science.

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