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Born February 25, 1925 • Hamilton • Canada
Died January 26, 2020 (aged 94) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Abel Prize (2015) • National Medal of Science (1995)
Subjects Of Study differential geometry • fluid mechanics • partial differential equation

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