What is Cathleen Synge Morawetz?
[[File:Cathleen S Morawetz.jpg|thumb|Cathleen Synge Morawetz in 2009]] '''Cathleen Synge Morawetz''' (May 5, 1923 &ndash; August 8, 2017) was a [[Canada|Canadian]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]]. Morawetz's research was mainly in the study of the [[partial differential equation]]s governing fluid flow. She is Professor Emerita at the [[Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] at the [[New York University]], where she has also served as director from 1984 to 1988. She was born in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. In 2012, she became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-02-10.</ref> Morawetz died on August 8, 2017 at her home in [[Greenwich Village]], [[New York]] at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=cathleen-morawetz&pid=186335200|title=Obituary: Cathleen Morawetz|publisher=Legacy|date=August 10, 2017|access-date=August 10, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Morawetz, Cathleen Synge}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Canadian mathematicians]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Scientists from Toronto]] [[Category:New York University faculty]] {{us-bio-stub}} {{authority control}}