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Lars Hörmander
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- The calculus of Fourier integral operators
- Seminar on Singularities of Solutions of Linear Partial Differential Equations. (AM-91), Volume 91 (Annals of Mathematics Studies)
- The analysis of linear partial differential operators
- The Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators III (Grundlehren Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften)
- An introduction to complex analysis in several variables
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- Sweden
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Key facts
- Born
- Lars Valter Hörmander , ( 1931-01-24 ) 24 January 1931, Mjällby , Blekinge , Sweden
- Died
- 25 November 2012 (2012-11-25) (aged 81), Lund , Sweden
- Alma mater
- Lund University
- Known for
- Theory of linear partial differential equations , hyperbolic partial differential operators , the development of pseudo-differential operators and Fourier integral operators as fundamental tools
- Awards
- Leroy P. Steele Prize (2006), Wolf Prize (1988), Fields Medal (1962)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- Stockholm University , Stanford University , Institute for Advanced Study , Lund University
- Thesis
- On the theory of general partial differential operators (1955)
- Doctoral advisor
- Marcel Riesz , Lars Gårding
- Doctoral students
- Germund Dahlquist , Nils Dencker
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Lars Valter Hörmander (24 January 1931 – 25 November 2012) was a Swedish mathematician who has been called "the foremost contributor to the modern theory of linear partial differential equations". Hörmander was awarded the Fields Medal in 1962 and the Wolf Prize in 1988. In 2006 he was awarded the Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition for his four-volume textbook Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators, which is considered a foundational work on the subject.
Hörmander completed his Ph.D. in 1955 at Lund University. Hörmander then worked at Stockholm University, at Stanford University, and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He returned to Lund University as a professor from 1968 until 1996, when he retired with the title of professor emeritus.