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]
James Serrin | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | November 1, 1926
Died | August 23, 2012 Minneapolis, Minnesota | (aged 85)
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Indiana University |
Known for | continuum mechanics, non-linear analysis, partial differential equations |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | University of Minnesota |
Doctoral advisor | David Gilbarg |
Life
He received his doctorate from Indiana University 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
He is known for his contributions to continuum mechanics, nonlinear analysis,[5] and partial differential equations.[6][7][8]
Awards and honors
He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Selected works
- Serrin, James (1959), "Mathematical principles of classical fluid mechanics", in Flügge, Siegfried; Truesdell, Clifford A. (eds.), Fluid Dynamics I/Strömungsmechanik I, Handbuch der Physik (Encyclopedia of Physics), vol. VIII/1, Berlin–Heidelberg–New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 125–263, Bibcode:1959HDP.....8..125S, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-45914-6_2, MR 0108116, Zbl 0102.40503.
- Serrin, James (1959b), "On the Uniqueness of Compressible Fluid Motions", Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 3 (1): 271–288, Bibcode:1959ArRMA...3..271S, doi:10.1007/BF00284180, ISSN 0003-9527, MR 0106646, S2CID 120478897, Zbl 0089.19103.
- Serrin, James (1963), "The initial Value problem for the Navier-Stokes equations", in Langer, Rudolph E. (ed.), Nonlinear problems. Proceedings of a symposium conducted by the Mathematics Research Center, United States Army, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 30-May 2, 1962., Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 69–98, hdl:2027/uc1.b3836930, MR 0150444, Zbl 0115.08502.
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