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Cathleen Synge Morawetz

Canadian mathematician1923 to 2017

Wikidata names Kurt Otto Friedrichs as doctoral advisor and lists 8 doctoral students. Linked to Wikidata, Mathematics Genealogy Project, and 6 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata1

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Kurt Otto Friedrichs

Students on Wikidata8

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Lesley Sibner
born 1934
stated by Wikidata
Barry Marder
stated by Wikidata
Charles Weber
stated by Wikidata
Chin-Hung Ching
stated by Wikidata
Christian Klingenberg
stated by Wikidata
Lynne Ipina
stated by Wikidata
Michael Pilant
stated by Wikidata
Wei Tseng

The line above and below4 steps

The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

1 step up
stated by WikidataKurt Otto Friedrichs
2 steps up
stated by WikidataRichard Courant
3 steps up
stated by WikidataDavid Hilbert
4 steps up
stated by WikidataFerdinand von Lindemannstated by WikidataHeinrich Martin Weber

Below them, within 3 steps, the record reaches 30 people: 30 stated by Wikidata.

Theses

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Contracting Spherical Shocks Treated by a Perturbation Method
doctoral thesis, stated by Wikidata

Education and career4

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until 1945
University of Toronto
studied
1945 to 1946
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
studied
until 1951
New York University
studied
1952 to 2017
Courant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data Science
worked

At a glance

known as: mathematician, university teacher
fields: mathematical analysis, applied mathematics, mathematics
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, New York University
awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1966, National Medal of Science, 1998, George David Birkhoff Prize, 2006, Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship, 1981, honorary member, Krieger–Nelson Prize, 1997, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2009, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013, Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, 2004, honorary doctorate from Brown University, honorary doctorate from Princeton University, Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards, 1980, Jeffery–Williams Prize, 1984
member of: American Mathematical Society, from 2012, National Academy of Sciences, from 1990, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, from 2009
notable works: On the non-existence of continuous transonic flows past profiles I
Wikipedia: in 27 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

Elsewhere8

identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaCathleen Synge Morawetz
stated by WikidataWikidataQ450331
stated by WikidataVIAF92219495
stated by WikidataGND1067595635
stated by WikidataIdRef076887685
stated by WikidataISNI0000000116860644

papers

stated by WikidataScopus6603562269

lineage

stated by WikidataMathematics Genealogy Project19967

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@misc{academicancestry_Q450331,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Cathleen Synge Morawetz: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q450331},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Cathleen Synge Morawetz: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q450331