Cathleen Synge Morawetz Quotes

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I find that I may have emphasized the need to escape from the devils of mathematics to embark on the pleasures of the real world. But it works both ways, and sometimes the devils of the real world drive one into the pleasures of studying mathematics.

Cathleen Synge Morawetz

Cathleen Synge Morawetz

Cathleen Synge Morawetz

Born: May 5, 1923

Died: August 8, 2017 (aged 94)

Bio: Cathleen Synge Morawetz was a mathematician. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the partial differential equations governing fluid flow, particularly those of mixed type occurring in transonic flow.

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