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Jesse Douglas
Douglas in c. 1932
Born(1897-07-03)July 3, 1897
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedSeptember 7, 1965(1965-09-07) (aged 68)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materCity College of New York (BA)
Columbia University (PhD)
Known forSolution to Plateau's problem
Spouse
Jessie Nayler
(m. 1940⁠–⁠1955)
ChildrenLewis Philip Douglas
AwardsFields Medal (1936)
Bôcher Memorial Prize (1943)
Scientific career
FieldsCalculus of variations
Differential geometry
InstitutionsCity College of New York
MIT
Doctoral advisorEdward Kasner

Jesse Douglas (3 July 1897 – 7 September 1965) was an American mathematician and Fields Medalist known for his general solution to Plateau's problem.

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