French mathematician
Victor Gustave Robin (French: [viktɔʁ ɡystav ʁɔbɛ̃] ; 17 May 1855 – 1897) was a French mathematical analyst and applied mathematician who lectured in mathematical physics at the Sorbonne in Paris and also worked in the area of thermodynamics .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] He is known especially for the Robin boundary condition . The French Academy of Sciences awarded him the Prix Francœur for 1893 and again for 1897 and the Prix Poncelet for 1895.[ 4] [ 5]
^ Gustafson, Karl , and Abe, Takehisa. (Victor) Gustave Robin: 1855–1897, The Mathematical Intelligencer 20 (2) (1998), 47–53.
^ Robert C. James, Glenn James, Mathematics Dictionary, Kluwer Academic Publishers 1995, ISBN 0-412-99041-5 p363
^ Gustafson, K. , (1998). Domain Decomposition, Operator Trigonometry, Robin Condition, Contemporary Mathematics , 218 . 432-437.
^ "Science Prizes" . The American Naturalist . 1894. p. 290.
^ "Tableau des prix décernés. Année 1897" . Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Janvier – Juin 1898 . Vol. Tome 126. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1898. p. 165.