James Alan Yorke | |
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| Born | James Alan Yorke August 3, 1941 |
| Nationality | American |
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| Known for | Kaplan–Yorke conjecture |
| Awards | Japan Prize (2003) |
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| Fields | Math and Physics (theoretical) |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, College Park |
| Doctoral students | Tien-Yien Li |
James A. Yorke (born August 3, 1941) is a Distinguished University Research Professor of Mathematics and Physics and former chair of the Mathematics Department at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, United States, Yorke attended The Pingry School, then located in Hillside, New Jersey. Yorke is now a Distinguished University Research Professor of Mathematics and Physics with the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland. In June 2013, Dr. Yorke retired as chair of the University of Maryland's Math department. He devotes his university efforts to collaborative research in chaos theory and genomics.
He and Benoit Mandelbrot were the recipients of the 2003 Japan Prize in Science and Technology: Yorke was selected for his work in chaotic systems. In 2003 He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society,[1] and in 2012 became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[2]
He received the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, in January 2014.[3] In June 2014, he received the Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Le Havre University, Le Havre, France.[4] He was a 2016 Thomson Reuters Citations Laureate in Physics.[5]
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-09-01
- ^ Doctor Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, archived from the original on 2018-06-15, retrieved 2017-07-25
- ^ Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Le Havre University, Le Havre, France
- ^ Thomson Reuters Citations Laureate in Physics