Lionel Cooper (mathematician)

Lionel Cooper
JLB Cooper, c.1960
Born	(1915-12-27)27 December 1915 Beaufort West, Western Cape, South Africa
Died	8 August 1979(1979-08-08) (aged 63) London, England
Nationality	South African
Alma mater	University of Cape Town Queen's College, Oxford
Awards	Berwick Prize (1949)
Scientific career
Fields	operator theory, transform theory, thermodynamics, functional analysis and differential equations
Institutions	Birkbeck College Imperial College Cardiff University University of Witwatersrand Caltech University of Toronto Chelsea College, University of London
Doctoral advisor	Edward Titchmarsh
Doctoral students	R. E. Edwards James Stewart

Jacob Lionel Bakst Cooper (27 December 1915 – 8 August 1979) was a South African mathematician who worked in operator theory, transform theory, thermodynamics, functional analysis and differential equations.