Robert V. Kohn | |
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| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University Princeton University |
| Known for | Caffarelli–Kohn–Nirenberg inequalities |
| Awards | Sloan Research Fellow (1984) ICM Plenary Lecturer (2006) AMS Fellow (2012) Leroy P. Steele Prize (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Frederick J. Almgren Jr. |
| Doctoral students | Lia Bronsard |
Robert V. Kohn (born in 1953) is an American mathematician working on partial differential equations, calculus of variations, mathematical materials science, and mathematical finance. He is a professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University.[1]
Kohn studied mathematics at Harvard University, obtaining his bachelor's degree in 1974. He obtained his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1979, as a student of Frederick Almgren.[2][3]
Kohn is best known for his work on non-linear partial differential equations, including work with Louis Nirenberg and Luis Caffarelli in which they obtained partial results about the regularity of weak solutions of the Navier–Stokes equations.[4]
He received a Sloan Research Fellowship in 1984.[5] In 2006, he was a plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Madrid (Energy driven pattern formation).[6] He is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[7] He is an elected member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[8]
