Roland Glowinski

Roland Glowinski
Glowinski in 2006
Born(1937-03-09)9 March 1937
Paris, France
Died26 January 2022(2022-01-26) (aged 84)[1]
Houston, Texas, United States
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications
University of Paris VI
Scientific career
FieldsComputational and Applied Mathematics, Computational Mechanics and Physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Houston
Doctoral advisorJacques-Louis Lions
Doctoral studentsFatiha Alabau

Roland Glowinski (9 March 1937 – 26 January 2022) was a French-American mathematician. He obtained his PhD in 1970 from Jacques-Louis Lions[2] and was known for his work in applied mathematics, in particular numerical solution and applications of partial differential equations and variational inequalities. 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.[3]

  1. ^ "University of Houston Mourns Passing of Roland Glowinski". University of Houston. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. ^ Roland Glowinski at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-01-19.

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