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Empirical evidence can never establish mathematical existence–nor can the mathematician's demand for existence be dismissed by the physicist as useless rigor. Only a mathematical existence proof can ensure that the mathematical description of a physical phenomenon is
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Commenting upon his analysis of experimental results from in-laboratory soap film formations, Courant explained why the existence of a physical solution does not obviate
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in 1909. They lived together in Göttingen until they were divorced in 1916. She was later murdered by the Nazis in 1942 for being Jewish.
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Oral History interview transcript with Richard Courant on 9 May 1962, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives
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In 1919, Courant married Nerina (Nina) Runge (1891–1991), a daughter of the Göttingen professor for Applied Mathematics,
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and innovator in particle accelerators; Gertrude (1922–2014), a biologist and wife of the mathematician
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recognized his contributions to Mathematics with their Award for Distinguished Service to Mathematics.
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was Richard's cousin on the maternal side. During his youth his parents moved often, including to
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he coauthored a popular overview of higher mathematics, intended for the general public, titled
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Giuseppe Pelosi (2007). "The finite-element method, Part I: R. L. Courant: Historical Corner".
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Weaver, Warren (1965). "Award for Distinguished Service to Professor Richard Courant".
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in 1933, earlier than many Jewish escapees. He did not lose his position due to being
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Transcending Tradition: Jewish Mathematicians in German Speaking Academic Culture
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On the application of Dirichlet's principle to the problems of conformal mapping
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Hitler's Gift: The True Story of the Scientists Expelled by the Nazi Regime
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Courant in Göttingen and New York. The Story of an Improbable Mathematician
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Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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in New York City. There he founded an institute for graduate studies in
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2015 Video Interview with Hans Courant by Atomic Heritage Foundation
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Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
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New York, Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 826: 617:(1924-2019), a physicist who participated in the 452:was reason enough (for the Nazis) for dismissal. 1533: 1527:US News Rankings of Applied Mathematics Programs 1516:National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir 1612:People associated with the University of Zurich 1577:Foreign members of the USSR Academy of Sciences 1019: 841: 777: 734: 1667:Members of the American Philosophical Society 1061:Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 583:, who had earned her doctorate at Breslau in 556: 1597:Academic staff of the University of MĂŒnster 1453: 928: 872: 714: 694: 674: 719:, vol. II/2, New York: Interscience, 699:, vol. II/1, New York: Interscience, 530:Courant was an elected member of both the 469:Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences 29: 1407: 1367: 1331: 1072: 908:. Springer Science & Business Media. 793: 406:there, then continued his studies at the 16:German-American mathematician (1888–1972) 1662:Fellows of the American Physical Society 1602:Academics of the University of Cambridge 1562:German military personnel of World War I 1313: 1195: 901: 788:, vol. II, New York: Interscience, 1500:MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive 1054: 1013: 679:, vol. I, New York: Interscience, 654: 634: 508:Courant's name is also attached to the 501:he also coauthored the two-volume work 402:. He stayed in Breslau and entered the 343:. His research focused on the areas of 1632:Scientists from New Rochelle, New York 1534: 1239:. Jewish Women's Archive. 1 March 2009 1160: 1022:IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 715:Courant, Richard; John, Fritz (1974), 695:Courant, Richard; John, Fritz (1974), 675:Courant, Richard; John, Fritz (1965), 601:Richard and Nerina had four children: 503:Introduction to Calculus and Analysis, 459:, Courant accepted a professorship at 1392:, by R. Courant and K. O. Friedrichs" 819:Methoden der mathematischen Physik II 717:Introduction to Calculus and Analysis 697:Introduction to Calculus and Analysis 677:Introduction to Calculus and Analysis 1652:Mathematicians from New York (state) 1552:20th-century American mathematicians 1425: 1346: 770:Methoden der mathematischen Physik I 1622:People from the Province of Silesia 1454:Medawar, Jean; Pyke, David (2012). 1382: 1196:Schwartz, Harry (29 January 1972). 1141:Mathematical Association of America 540:Mathematical Association of America 13: 1557:20th-century German mathematicians 657:Differential and Integral Calculus 637:Differential and Integral Calculus 484:Methoden der mathematischen Physik 366: 14: 1683: 1473: 1163:The American Mathematical Monthly 521:Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition 157:Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition 875:"Nodal Decompositions of Graphs" 574: 1523:Voices of the Manhattan Project 1458:. New York: Arcade Publishing. 1409:10.1090/s0002-9904-1951-09457-4 1390:Supersonic flow and shock waves 1376: 1369:10.1090/S0002-9904-1938-06791-2 1340: 1333:10.1090/S0002-9904-1932-05311-3 1307: 1289: 1269: 1251: 1229: 1217: 1189: 1074:10.1090/s0002-9904-1943-07818-4 902:Bergmann, Birgit (2012-10-22). 833:Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves 785:Methods of Mathematical Physics 742:Methods of Mathematical Physics 628: 519:. Courant is a namesake of the 1592:University of Göttingen alumni 1175:10.1080/00029890.1965.11970481 1105: 1081: 1048: 964: 938:The Mathematical Intelligencer 922: 895: 866: 553:on January 27, 1972, aged 84. 532:American Philosophical Society 514:partial differential equations 361:institute now bearing his name 357:partial differential equations 161:Courant's nodal domain theorem 1: 1484:Mathematics Genealogy Project 999:10.1090/S0025-5718-66-99914-5 929:Schappacher, Norbert (1991). 860: 534:(1953) and the United States 1617:University of Breslau alumni 972:"Best Applied Math Programs" 536:National Academy of Sciences 7: 1607:New York University faculty 768:) (translated from German: 455:In 1936, after one year at 10: 1688: 1419: 987:Mathematics of Computation 557:Perspective on mathematics 1672:American textbook writers 1224:The Parsimonious Universe 1055:Courant, Richard (1943). 817:(translated from German: 579:In 1912, Courant married 525:Courant minimax principle 505:first published in 1965. 478:authored the influential 320: 244: 232: 216: 185: 175: 168: 152:Courant minimax principle 139: 118: 101: 82: 40: 28: 21: 1572:Mathematics popularizers 1505:University of St Andrews 1314:Tamarkin, J. D. (1932). 835:, New York: Interscience 1637:German textbook writers 1034:10.1109/MAP.2007.376627 854:Oxford University Press 435:University of Göttingen 412:University of Göttingen 203:University of Cambridge 193:University of Göttingen 131:University of Göttingen 572: 551:New Rochelle, New York 450:social-democratic left 353:calculus of variations 94:New Rochelle, New York 1627:People from Lubliniec 1567:Mathematical analysts 1396:Bull. Amer. Math. Soc 1356:Bull. Amer. Math. Soc 1320:Bull. Amer. Math. Soc 993:(96): 634–635. 1966. 795:10.1002/9783527617234 567: 538:(1955). In 1965, the 510:finite element method 426:in 1921 to take over 424:University of MĂŒnster 198:University of MĂŒnster 1491:Robertson, Edmund F. 1402:(1, Part 1): 85–87. 1093:search.amphilsoc.org 1089:"APS Member History" 849:What is Mathematics? 655:Courant, R. (1936), 635:Courant, R. 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Lublinitz
German Empire
Lubliniec
Poland
New Rochelle, New York
University of Zurich
University of Göttingen
Courant number
Courant minimax principle
Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition
Mathematics
University of Göttingen
University of MĂŒnster
University of Cambridge
New York University
Thesis
Doctoral advisor
David Hilbert
Leifur Ásgeirsson
Herbert Busemann
William Feller
Kurt Friedrichs
Harold Grad
Fritz John
Joseph Keller
Edgar Krahn
Martin Kruskal
Anneli Lax
Hans Lewy

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