Jesse Douglas
Jesse Douglas (3 July 1897 – 7 September 1965) was an American mathematician. He is a Fields Medalist known for his general solution to Plateau's problem.[1]
Jesse Douglas | |
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 Douglas in c. 1932 | |
| Born | July 3, 1897 |
| Died | September 7, 1965 (aged 68) New York City, New York, United States |
| Alma mater | City College of New York (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Known for | Solution to Plateau's problem |
| Spouse(s) | Jessie Nayler (m. 1940–1955) |
| Children | Lewis Philip Douglas |
| Awards | Fields Medal (1936) Bôcher Memorial Prize (1943) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Calculus of variations Differential geometry |
| Institutions | City College of New York MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Kasner |
References
- Gray, Jeremy; Micallef, Mario (2008). "About the cover: The work of Jesse Douglas on minimal surfaces". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 45 (2): 293–302. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01192-0. ISSN 0273-0979. S2CID 215763226.
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