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The Birkhoff prize talks Atlanta, 1978

The Birkhoff prize talks Atlanta, 1978 Fifth award, 1978: To Mark Kac for his important The Birkhoff Prize Talks contributions to statistical mechanics and to probability theory and its applications. Atlanta, 19 78 Sixth award, 1978: To Clifford A. TruesdeIl for his outstanding contributions to our understanding of the subjects of rational mechanics and nonlinear materials, for his efforts to give precise mathematical formulation to these classical subjects, for his many contributions to applied mathematics in the fields of acoustic theory, kinetic theory, nonlinear elastic theory, and the thermodynamics of mixtures, and for his major work in the history of mechanics. (Information courtesy of the Following are the talks given by Professors Birkhoff, Notices of the American Mathematical Society.) Kac, and Truesdell on the occasion of their acceptance of the Birkhoff prizes at the January meeting of the American Mathematical Society. The George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics was established in 1967 in honor of Professor George DavM Birkhoff The initial endowment of $2,066 was contributed by the Birkhoff family. It is normally awarded every five years, beginning in 1968, for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense. "" The award is made jointly by the American Mathematical Society http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Mathematical Intelligencer Springer Journals

The Birkhoff prize talks Atlanta, 1978

Birkhoff, Garrett
The Mathematical Intelligencer , Volume 1 (2) – Jun 1, 1978
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0343-6993
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Fifth award, 1978: To Mark Kac for his important The Birkhoff Prize Talks contributions to statistical mechanics and to probability theory and its applications. Atlanta, 19 78 Sixth award, 1978: To Clifford A. TruesdeIl for his outstanding contributions to our understanding of the subjects of rational mechanics and nonlinear materials, for his efforts to give precise mathematical formulation to these classical subjects, for his many contributions to applied mathematics in the fields of acoustic theory, kinetic theory, nonlinear elastic theory, and the thermodynamics of mixtures, and for his major work in the history of mechanics. (Information courtesy of the Following are the talks given by Professors Birkhoff, Notices of the American Mathematical Society.) Kac, and Truesdell on the occasion of their acceptance of the Birkhoff prizes at the January meeting of the American Mathematical Society. The George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics was established in 1967 in honor of Professor George DavM Birkhoff The initial endowment of $2,066 was contributed by the Birkhoff family. It is normally awarded every five years, beginning in 1968, for an outstanding contribution to "applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense. "" The award is made jointly by the American Mathematical Society

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The Mathematical Intelligencer – Springer Journals

Published: Jun 1, 1978

Keywords: Positive Linear Operator; Shaped Charge; Piecewise Polynomial Function; Polyhedral Complex; Bicubic Spline

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