Edward Fraenkel

{{Short description|British mathematician (1927–2019)}}

{{distinguish|Edward Frenkel|Eduard Fraenkel}}

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| birth_name = Ludwig Eduard Fraenkel

| birth_date = 28 May 1927

| birth_place = Kiel, Prussia, Germany

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| workplaces = University of Bath

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| alma_mater = University of Toronto (BSc, MSc)

| thesis_title = On the design of nozzles for supersonic wind tunnels

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| thesis_year = 1948

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| awards = Senior Whitehead Prize

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Ludwig Edward Fraenkel FRS{{Cite journal|last1=Burton|first1=G. R.|last2=Toland|first2=J. F.|date=2020|title=Ludwig Edward Fraenkel. 28 May 1927—27 April 2019|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2020.0014|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=69|pages=175–201 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2020.0014 |s2cid=222142828 |doi-access=free}} (28 May 1927 – 27 April 2019){{cite book|last=Tartar|first=Luc|title=An Introduction to Sobolev Spaces and Interpolation Spaces|year=2007|publisher=Springer|page=170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pQB1kiz_vbIC&q=%22ludwig+edward+fraenkel%22+german&pg=PA170|isbn=9783540714835}}{{Cite web | url=https://royalsociety.org/people/ludwig-edward-fraenkel-11458 | title=Ludwig Edward Fraenkel | Royal Society}} was a German-born British mathematician, and professor at the University of Bath.{{Cite web | url=http://people.bath.ac.uk/maslef/ |title = Edward Fraenkel}} He was the son of classicist Eduard Fraenkel.