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Lars Valter Hörmander (24 January 1931 – 25 November 2012) was a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations". Hörmander was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 and the Wolf Prize in 1988.
Nov 25, 2012 · Lars Hörmander was a Swedish mathematician who won a Fields medal and a Wolf prize for his work on partial differential equations. View five larger pictures. Biography. Lars Hörmander's father Armand Per Hilding Jönsson (1893-1981) was a school teacher in the small fishing village on the south coast of Sweden where Lars was born.
Lars V. Hörmander (born January 24, 1931, Mjällby, Sweden—died November 25, 2012, Lund) was a Swedish mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 for his work on partial differential equations.
He was the leading figure in the dramatic de-velopment of the theory of linear partial differential equations during the second half of the twentieth century, and his L2 estimates for the @ ̄ equation became a revolutionary tool in complex analysis of several variables.
Lars V. Hormander, a Swede who won the most prestigious award in mathematics for his groundbreaking work on partial differential equations, which has found broad applications across many branches of physics, died on Nov. 25 in Lund, Sweden. He was 81.
Hörmander’s lifetime work has been devoted to the study of partial differential equations and its applications in complex analysis. In 1962 he was awarded the Fields Medal for his contributions to the general theory of linear partial differential operators.
" [Lars] Hörmander was a powerful analyst who revolutionized the modern theory of partial differential equations. Among many other contributions, his theories of pseudodifferential operators and Fourier integral operators will have lasting value. . . .
Dec 7, 2012 · Dec. 6, 2012. Lars V. Hormander, a Swede who won the most prestigious award in mathematics for his groundbreaking work on partial differential equations, which has found broad applications across...
Lars Hörmander died on November 25, 2012, at the age of 81. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century.
Lars H¨ormander died on November 25, 2012, at the age of 81. He was one of the most influential mathematicians of the twentieth century. He played a fundamental role in the development of the analysis of partial differential equations for more than forty years, displaying exceptional technical abilities combined with a broad
