James Burton Serrin (1 November 1926,Chicago, Illinois – 23 August 2012,Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an Americanmathematician, and a professor atUniversity of Minnesota.[1]
James Serrin | |
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| Born | (1926-11-01)November 1, 1926 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | August 23, 2012(2012-08-23) (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 |
Life
editHe graduated fromEvanston Township High School in 1944. He then studied engineering and science atNorthwestern University in 1944 to 1946 before transferringWestern Michigan College, where he a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947. He received his doctorate fromIndiana University Bloomington in 1951 under the supervision ofDavid Gilbarg.[2] From 1954 till 1995, he was on the faculty of theUniversity of Minnesota.[2][3][4]
Work
editHe is known for his contributions tocontinuum mechanics,nonlinear analysis,[5] andpartial differential equations.[6][7][8]
Awards and honors
editHe was elected a member of theNational Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Selected works
edit- Serrin, James (1959), "Mathematical principles of classical fluid mechanics", inFlügge, 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,ISBN 978-3-642-45916-0,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.
References
edit- ^"James B. Serrin Obituary: View James Serrin's Obituary by Star Tribune". Legacy.com. 2012-08-31. Retrieved2012-12-09.
- ^abJames Serrin at theMathematics Genealogy Project
- ^P. Pucci, "An Appreciation of James Serrin", inButtazzo, Giuseppe; Serrin, J. (1998).Nonlinear analysis and continuum mechanics: papers for the 65th birthday of James Serrin. Berlin: Springer.ISBN 0-387-98296-5.
- ^O'Connor, John J.;Robertson, Edmund F.,"James Burton Serrin",MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive,University of St Andrews
- ^Serrin, J. (1964)."Local behavior of solutions of quasi-linear equations".Acta Mathematica.111:247–302.doi:10.1007/BF02391014.
- ^"Homepage of James Serrin". Archived fromthe original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved2012-01-31.
- ^Serrin, J. (1971). "A symmetry problem in potential theory".Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis.43 (4):304–318.Bibcode:1971ArRMA..43..304S.doi:10.1007/BF00250468.S2CID 120079938.
- ^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.Bibcode:1962ArRMA...9..187S.doi:10.1007/BF00253344.hdl:2027/mdp.39015095249564.S2CID 122802358.