Biography:James Serrin

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Short description: American mathematician
James Serrin
Born
Chicago, Illinois
DiedAugust 23, 2012(2012-08-23) (aged 85)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materIndiana University
Known forcontinuum mechanics, non-linear analysis, partial differential equations
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Doctoral advisorDavid 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

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

References

  1. "James B. Serrin Obituary: View James Serrin's Obituary by Star Tribune". Legacy.com. 2012-08-31. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/startribune/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=159462038#fbLoggedOut. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 James Serrin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. P. Pucci, "An Appreciation of James Serrin", in Buttazzo, Giuseppe; Serrin, J. (1998). Nonlinear analysis and continuum mechanics: papers for the 65th birthday of James Serrin. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-387-98296-5. 
  4. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "James Burton Serrin", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Serrin.html .
  5. Serrin, J. (1964). "Local behavior of solutions of quasi-linear equations". Acta Mathematica 111: 247–302. doi:10.1007/BF02391014. 
  6. "Homepage of James Serrin". http://www.math.umn.edu/~serrin/. 
  7. Serrin, J. (1971). "A symmetry problem in potential theory". Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis 43 (4): 304–318. doi:10.1007/BF00250468. Bibcode1971ArRMA..43..304S. 
  8. Serrin, J. (1962). "On the interior regularity of weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations". Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis 9 (1): 187–195. doi:10.1007/BF00253344. Bibcode1962ArRMA...9..187S. 

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