Gerald Beresford Whitham | |
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| Born | 13 December 1927 |
| Died | 26 January 2014 (aged 86)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
| Known for | Wave action Whitham equation Averaged Lagrangian |
| Awards | Norbert Wiener Prize (1980) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
| Institutions | California Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | James Lighthill |
Gerald Beresford Whitham FRS[2] (13 December 1927 – 26 January 2014) was a British–born American applied mathematician and the Charles Lee Powell Professor of Applied Mathematics (Emeritus) of Applied & Computational Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology.[3] He received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester in 1953 under the direction of Sir James Lighthill.[4] He is known for his work in fluid dynamics and waves.
- ^ Gerald B. Whitham
- ^ Minzoni, A. A.; Smyth, N. F. (2015). "Gerald Beresford Whitham. 13 December 1927 — 26 January 2014". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 61: 555–577. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2014.0026. hdl:20.500.11820/f3d6d952-0cba-4748-877e-81df4eb92d01. S2CID 62012227.
- ^ Gerald B. Whitham at the California Institute of Technology
- ^ James Lighthill at the Mathematics Genealogy Project