Robert Vita Kohn | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 71–72) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Known for | Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg inequalities |
| Awards | Sloan Research Fellow (1984) ICM Plenary Lecturer (2006) AMS Fellow (2012) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2014) |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederick J. Almgren Jr. |
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Robert V. Kohn (born in 1953) is an Americanmathematician working onpartial differential equations,calculus of variations, mathematicalmaterials science, andmathematical finance. He is a professor at theCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,New York University.[1]
Kohn studied mathematics atHarvard University, obtaining his bachelor's degree in 1974. He obtained his Ph.D. atPrinceton University in 1979, as a student ofFrederick Almgren.[2][3]
Kohn is best known for his work onnon-linear partial differential equations, including work withLouis Nirenberg andLuis Caffarelli in which they obtained partial results about the regularity of weak solutions of theNavier–Stokes equations.[4]
He received aSloan Research Fellowship in 1984.[5] In 2006, he was a plenary speaker at theInternational Congress of Mathematicians, in Madrid (Energy driven pattern formation).[6] He is a fellow of theAmerican Mathematical Society.[7] He is an elected member ofAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8]
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