Roland Glowinski

French mathematician (1937-2022) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 84

Roland Glowinski was a French-American mathematician. He obtained his PhD in 1970 from Jacques-Louis Lions and was known for his work in applied mathematics, in particular numerical solution and applications of partial differential equations and variational inequalities.

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2022Died26 January 20222020W. T. and Idalia Reid PrizeAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAward2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsAward2004Theodore von Kármán PrizeAward1937Born9 March 1937

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W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize2020

Fellow of the American Mathematical Society2013

Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics2009

Theodore von Kármán Prize2004

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Officer of the National Order of Merit

Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms

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He was a member of the French Academy of Sciences and held an endowed chair at the University of Houston from 1985. Glowinski wrote many books on the subject of mathematics. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

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The same award as Roland

Jacques-Louis LionsBoth received W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize Paul GarabedianBoth received Theodore von Kármán Prize Irena LasieckaBoth received W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize Herbert KellerBoth received Theodore von Kármán Prize George F. CarrierBoth received Theodore von Kármán Prize Julian ColeBoth received Theodore von Kármán Prize