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D-Index
66
Citations
19291
World Ranking
357
National Ranking
194

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 1999 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering work in nonlinear functional analysis and its applications to partial differential equations, and for leadership in the scientific community.", Presented by President William Clinton in a White House (East Room) ceremony on Tuesday, March 14, 2000.
  • 1978 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1973 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1966 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1959 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • 1953 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Felix E. Browder was affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focused on the fields of Computer Science, with a specialization in Computational Theory and Mathematics. The main topics addressed in their work included Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities, as well as Optimization and Variational Analysis.

Browder's publication record includes contributions to the Journal of Nonlinear and Variational Analysis. One documented paper authored by them is titled "A Special Issue on Variational and Hemivariational Inequalities with Applications", published in 2022 in the Journal of Nonlinear and Variational Analysis.

Frequent co-authors with whom Browder collaborated are:

  • G Signorini
  • J.-L Fichera
  • G Lions
  • Jean Jacques Moreau
  • Haïm Brézis

Browder's contributions covered topics within Contact Mechanics and Variational Inequalities, along with Optimization and Variational Analysis.

The awards Browder received during their career include:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
  • US President's National Medal of Science, 1999 - for pioneering work in nonlinear functional analysis and its applications to partial differential equations, and for leadership in the scientific community
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1978
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1973
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1966
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1959
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1953

Best Publications

  • Applications of functional analysis in mathematical physics

    S. L. Sobolev;F. E. Browder

  • NONEXPANSIVE NONLINEAR OPERATORS IN A BANACH SPACE.

    Felix E. Browder

  • Nonlinear operators and nonlinear equations of evolution in Banach spaces

    Felix E. Browder

  • The Fixed Point Theory of Multi-valued Mappings in Topological Vector Spaces.

    Felix E. Browder

  • Convergence of approximants to fixed points of nonexpansive nonlinear mappings in banach spaces

    Felix E. Browder

  • FIXED-POINT THEOREMS FOR NONCOMPACT MAPPINGS IN HILBERT SPACE.

    Felix E. Browder

  • On the spectral theory of elliptic differential operators. I

    Felix E. Browder

  • Nonlinear mappings of nonexpansive and accretive type in Banach spaces

    Felix E. Browder

  • The solution by iteration of nonlinear functional equations in Banach spaces

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  • Convergence theorems for sequences of nonlinear operators in Banach spaces

    Felix E. Browder

  • Nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems

    Felix E. Browder

  • Fixed point theory and nonlinear problems

    Felix E. Browder

  • Nonlinear mappings of monotone type in Banach spaces

    Felix E. Browder;Peter Hess

  • Semicontractive and semiaccretive nonlinear mappings in Banach spaces

    Felix E. Browder

  • Nonlinear Maximal Monotone Operators in Banach Space.

    Felix E. Browder

  • Nonlinear monotone operators and convex sets in Banach spaces

    Felix E. Browder

  • A general principle on ordered sets in nonlinear functional analysis

    H. Brézis;F.E. Browder

  • On the convergence of successive applications for nonlinear functional equations

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  • Mathematical developments arising from Hilbert problems

    Felix Browder

  • Nonlinear functional analysis

    Felix Browder

  • THE SOLUTION BY ITERATION OF LINEAR FUNCTIONAL EQUATIONS IN BANACH SPACES BY F. E. BROWDER AND W. V. PETRYSHYN

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  • Nonlinear functional analysis and its applications

    Felix Browder

  • The One-Dimensional Heat Equation: Preliminaries

    John Rozier Cannon;Felix E. Browder

Frequent Co-Authors

Haim Brezis
Haim Brezis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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