James Glimm
Distinguished Professor
Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Distinguished Professor, PhD, 1959
Columbia University: Mathematical Physics; Nonlinear Waves
Distinguished Professor James Glimm has made fundamental contributions to nonlinear
analysis, quantum field theory and computational fluid dynamics. He also studies turbulence.
His honors include the New York Academy Prize in the Physical and Mathematical Sciences
(1979), the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1980), and the American
Mathematical Society’s Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research (1993).
He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1984. In 2002, he received the
National Medal of Science, the country’s highest honor for research in mathematics
and science.
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