Sergiu Klainerman
Encyclopedia
Sergiu Klainerman is a mathematician
known for his contributions to the study of hyperbolic differential equations and general relativity
. He is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University
, a position he held since 1987. From 1980 to 1987 he was a faculty member at New York University
.
Klainerman is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (elected 2005), a foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences
(elected 2002) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
(elected 1996).
He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1991 and Guggenheim Fellow in 1997.
Klainerman was awarded the Bôcher Prize by the American Mathematical Society in 1999 "for his contributions to nonlinear hyperbolic equations". He is currently a co-Editor-in-Chief of Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
known for his contributions to the study of hyperbolic differential equations and general relativity
General relativity
General relativity or the general theory of relativity is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916. It is the current description of gravitation in modern physics...
. He is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, a position he held since 1987. From 1980 to 1987 he was a faculty member at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
.
Klainerman is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (elected 2005), a foreign member of the French Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...
(elected 2002) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
(elected 1996).
He was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1991 and Guggenheim Fellow in 1997.
Klainerman was awarded the Bôcher Prize by the American Mathematical Society in 1999 "for his contributions to nonlinear hyperbolic equations". He is currently a co-Editor-in-Chief of Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS
Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS is a mathematical journal. It is published by Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, with the help of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique....
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Selected publications
- Klainerman, Sergiu, Uniform decay estimates and the Lorentz invariance of the classical wave equation. Communications on Pure and Applied MathematicsCommunications on Pure and Applied MathematicsCommunications on Pure and Applied Mathematics is a scientific journal which is associated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. It publishes original research originating from or solicited by the institute, typically in the fields of applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, or...
, vol. 38 (1985), no. 3, pp. 321-332 - Klainerman, Sergiu, The null condition and global existence to nonlinear wave equations. Nonlinear systems of partial differential equations in applied mathematics, Part 1 (Santa Fe, N.M., 1984), pp. 293-326, Lectures in Appl. Math., 23, American Mathematical SocietyAmerican Mathematical SocietyThe American Mathematical Society is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards and prizes to mathematicians.The society is one of the...
, Providence, RI, 1986. ISBN 0-8218-1125-8 - Klainerman, Sergiu; Machedon, Matei, Space-time estimates for null forms and the local existence theorem, Communications on Pure and Applied MathematicsCommunications on Pure and Applied MathematicsCommunications on Pure and Applied Mathematics is a scientific journal which is associated with the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. It publishes original research originating from or solicited by the institute, typically in the fields of applied mathematics, mathematical analysis, or...
, vol. 46 (1993), no. 9, pp. 1221-1268 - Christodoulou, DemetriosDemetrios ChristodoulouDemetrios Christodoulou is a Greek mathematician and physicist, who first became well known for his proof, together with Sergiu Klainerman, of the nonlinear stability of the Minkowski spacetime...
; Klainerman, Sergiu, The global nonlinear stability of the Minkowski space. Princeton Mathematical Series, 41. Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, Princeton, NJ, 1993. ISBN 0-691-08777-6 - Klainerman, Sergiu; Machedon, Matei, Smoothing estimates for null forms and applications. A celebration of John F. Nash, Jr., Duke Mathematical JournalDuke Mathematical JournalDuke Mathematical Journal is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal published by Duke University Press. It was established in 1935. The founding editors-in-chief were David Widder, Arthur Coble, and Joseph Miller Thomas. The first issue included a paper by Solomon Lefschetz...
., vol. 81 (1995), no. 1, pp. 99-133
External links
- Sergiu Klainerman personal webpage, Department of Mathematics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
- Sergiu Klainerman, Mathematics Genealogy ProjectMathematics Genealogy ProjectThe Mathematics Genealogy Project is a web-based database for the academic genealogy of mathematicians. As of September, 2010, it contained information on approximately 145,000 mathematical scientists who contribute to "research-level mathematics"...