Andrew Majda
American mathematician (1949-2021) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 72
Andrew Joseph Majda was an American mathematician and the Morse Professor of Arts and Sciences at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York University.
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2021Died12 March 20212016Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to ResearchAward2013Fellow of the American Mathematical SocietyAwardNorbert Wiener Prize in Applied MathematicsAward2009Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsAward1995Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1990John von Neumann PrizeAward1949Born30 January 1949
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He was known for his theoretical contributions to partial differential equations as well as his applied contributions to diverse areas including shock waves, combustion, incompressible flow, vortex dynamics, and atmospheric sciences.
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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1949 to 2021 · aged 72
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Robert GriessBoth received Steele Prize for Seminal Contribution to ResearchArkadi NemirovskiBoth received Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
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