Alexandre Chorin
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 86 |
| Date of birth | June 25,1938 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Warsaw |
| Poland | |
| Field | Mathematics |
| Academic advisor | Peter Lax |
| Job | Mathematician |
| Books | A mathematical introduction to fluid mechanics |
| Stochastic Tools in Mathematics and Science | |
| Vorticity and turbulence | |
| Computational fluid mechanics | |
| Numerical Study of Thermal Convection in a Fluid Layer Heated from Below | |
| Lectures on turbulence theory | |
| The Numerical Solution of the Navier-Stokes Equations for an Incompressible Fluid | |
| Numerical methods in statistical hydrodynamics | |
| Numerical Solution of the Boltzmann Equation | |
| Inertial Range Flow and Turbulent Cascades | |
| Awards | National Medal of Science for Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Notable student | James Sethian |
| Charles S. Peskin | |
| Jonathan Quincy Weare | |
| Phillip Colella | |
| John Strain | |
| Ricardo Cortez | |
| Education | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Library |
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| ID | 570056 |
Alexandre Chorin Life story
Alexandre Joel Chorin is an American mathematician known for his contributions to computational fluid mechanics, turbulence, and computational statistical mechanics. Chorin's work involves developing methods for solving physics and fluid mechanics problems computationally.
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