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- Born
- 1897
- Died
- 1965
- Works
- 11
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- 25
- Total plays
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Jesse Douglas (July 3, 1897 – September 7, 1965) was an American mathematician and Fields Medalist known for his general solution to Plateau's problem.
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1897 births1965 deaths20th-century American mathematiciansAmerican mathematical analystsCity College of New York facultyColumbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumniDifferential geometersFields MedalistsInstitute for Advanced Study visiting scholarsJewish American scientistsMathematicians from New York (state)Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences