David Gottlieb (

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: דוד גוטליב; November 14, 1944 – December 6, 2008) was an Israeli

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Biography

David Gottlieb was born in

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. He received his PhD in 1972 from the Department of Mathematics at

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under the guidance of Saul Abarbanel. He was a professor of applied mathematics at

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from 1985 until his death.SIAM obituary: David Gottlieb
/ref> His research focused on numerical analysis, especially as applied to nonlinear partial differential equations. He was a member of the

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and the

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References

External links

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Saul Abarbanel, Sigal Gottlieb, Jan S. Hesthaven, and Chi-Wang Shu, "David I. Gottlieb", Biographical Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences (2014)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gottlieb, David 1944 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Israeli mathematicians Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Academic staff of Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University alumni Brown University faculty