Citizenship United States Role Mathematician Alma mater Columbia University | Doctoral advisor Richard Kadison Fields Mathematics Name James Glimm | |
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Born March 24, 1934 (age 90)
Peoria, Illinois ( 1934-03-24 ) Institutions Institute of Advanced Study
MIT
The Rockefeller University
New York University
Stony Brook University Doctoral students Suncica Canic
Ronald DiPerna
Thomas Spencer Known for Constructive quantum field theory Education Columbia University (1956–1959) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada Notable awards Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, Leroy P. Steele Prize, National Medal of Science Books Quantum Physics: A Functiona, Quantum field theory and statis, Collected Papers Vol1: Qu, Collected Papers: Construct, Decay of Solutions of System | ||
Residence United States of America | ||
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James Gilbert Glimm (born 24 March 1934) is an American mathematician, former president of the American Mathematical Society, and distinguished professor at Stony Brook University. He has made many contributions in the areas of pure and applied mathematics.
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- 29 cbm palestras plen rias james glimm
- James glimm 2002 national medal of science
- Life and career
- Selected publications
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James glimm 2002 national medal of science
Life and career
James Glimm was born in Peoria, Illinois, United States on 24 March 1934. He received his BA in engineering from Columbia University in 1956. He continued on to graduate school at Columbia where he received his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1959; his advisor was Richard V. Kadison. Glimm had significant stints at New York University, and at Rockefeller University, before arriving at Stony Brook University in 1989.
He has been noted for contributions to C*-algebras, quantum field theory, partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, scientific computing, and the modeling of petroleum reservoirs. Together with Arthur Jaffe, he has founded a subject called constructive quantum field theory. His early work in the theory of operator algebras was seminal, and today the "Glimm algebras" that bear his name continue to play an important role in this area of research. More recently, the United States Department of Energy adopted Glimm’s front-track methodology for shock-wave calculations, e.g., simulating weapons performance.
Glimm was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1984. In 1993, Glimm was awarded the Leroy P. Steele Prize for his contribution to solving hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations. He won the National Medal of Science in 2002 "For his original approaches and creative contribution to an array of disciplines in mathematical analysis and mathematical physics". Starting January 1, 2007, he served a 2-year term as president of the American Mathematical Society. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Selected publications
