Keith William Morton (born 28 May 1930,
Ipswich
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Suffolk
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, England) is a British mathematician working on partial differential equations, and their numerical analysis.
He obtained his Ph.D. in 1964 under the supervision of
Harold Grad
Harold Grad (January 23, 1923 in New York City – November 17, 1986) was an American applied mathematician. His work specialized in the application of statistical mechanics to plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics.
Work
In statistical mechan ...
at the
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
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of
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
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In 2010, he was awarded the
De Morgan Medal
The De Morgan Medal is a prize for outstanding contribution to mathematics, awarded by the London Mathematical Society. The Society's most prestigious award, it is given in memory of Augustus De Morgan, who was the first President of the societ ...
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References
Living people
British mathematicians
1930 births
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences alumni
Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford
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