Keith Moffatt
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This article is about the mathematician. For the American high jumper, see Keith Moffatt (athlete). For the University of Chicago biophysicist, see John Keith Moffat. For the American football player/physician, see Henry Moffat. For other uses, see Moffat (surname).
Not to be confused with Keith Moffitt.
Henry Keith Moffatt, FRS FRSE (born 12 April 1935) is a British mathematician with research interests in the field of fluid dynamics, particularly magnetohydrodynamics and the theory of turbulence. He was Professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge from 1980 to 2002.
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Born | (1935-04-12) 12 April 1935 (age 88) Edinburgh, Scotland |
Other names | Henry Keith Moffatt |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh University of Cambridge |
Known for | Moffatt eddies Non-axisymmetric Burgers vortices |
Awards | Smith's Prize (1960) Senior Whitehead Prize (2005) Hughes Medal (2005) Fellow of the Royal Society (1986) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | magnetohydrodynamics |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Thesis | Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence (1962) |
Doctoral advisor | George Batchelor |
Doctoral students | Michael Proctor Renzo Ricca Andrew Soward |
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