James Serrin
James Serrin | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1, 1926 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | August 23, 2012 (aged 85) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Known for | Meyers–Serrin theorem Harnack's inequality |
| Awards | ICM Speaker (1970, 1983) George David Birkhoff Prize (1973) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | The Existence and Uniqueness of Flows Solving Four Free Boundary Problems (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Gilbarg |
James Burton Serrin (1 November 1926, Chicago, Illinois – 23 August 2012, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an American mathematician, and a professor at University of Minnesota.[1]
Life
[edit | edit source]He graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1944. He then studied engineering and science at Northwestern University in 1944 to 1946 before transferring Western Michigan College, where he a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947. He received his doctorate from Indiana University Bloomington in 1951 under the supervision of David Gilbarg.[2] From 1954 till 1995, he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota.[2][3][4]
Work
[edit | edit source]He is known for his contributions to continuum mechanics, nonlinear analysis,[5] and partial differential equations.[6][7][8]
Awards and honors
[edit | edit source]He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Selected works
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]See also
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- 1926 births
- 2012 deaths
- 20th-century American mathematicians
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- Mathematicians from Chicago
- Indiana University Bloomington alumni
- University of Minnesota faculty
- Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
- Partial differential equation theorists
- American fluid dynamicists
- Northwestern University alumni
- Western Michigan University alumni
- Evanston Township High School alumni