What is Jesse Douglas?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Jesse Douglas | image = Portrait of Jesse Douglas in c. 1932.jpg | caption = Douglas in {{circa|1932}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1897|7|3}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|9|7|1897|7|3}} | death_place = New York City, New York, United States | known_for = Solution to Plateau's problem | fields = Calculus of variations <br/> Differential geometry | doctoral_advisor = [[Edward Kasner]] | workplaces = [[City College of New York]]<br> [[MIT]] | alma_mater = [[City College of New York]] (BA) <br>[[Columbia University]] (PhD) | spouse = {{marriage|Jessie Nayler |1940|1955}} | children = Lewis Philip Douglas | awards = [[Fields Medal]] <small>(1936)</small><br>Bôcher Memorial Prize <small>(1943)</small> }}'''Jesse Douglas''' (3 July 1897 – 7 September 1965) was an American mathematician. He is a [[Fields Medal]]ist known for his general solution to Plateau's problem.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gray|first1=Jeremy|last2=Micallef|first2=Mario|date=2008|title=About the cover: The work of Jesse Douglas on minimal surfaces|url=https://www.ams.org/bull/2008-45-02/S0273-0979-08-01192-0/|journal=Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society|language=en|volume=45|issue=2|pages=293–302|doi=10.1090/S0273-0979-08-01192-0|s2cid=215763226 |issn=0273-0979}}</ref> == References == <references /> {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Jesse}} [[Category:1897 births]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:1965 deaths]] [[Category:Fields Medalists]] {{bio-stub}}