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Louis Nirenberg (1925–2020) made monumental contributions to partial differential equations and related areas of mathematics. This article attempts to present aspects of his life as well as his works to mathematically mature laymen without doing justice to either.
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Vamsi Pritham Pingali is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at IISc. His research interests are differential geometry, several complex variables, and mathematical physics.
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Pingali, V.P. Estimating a Genius — Louis Nirenberg. Reson 25, 751–756 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-020-0993-z
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