Walter Noll
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Walter Noll (January 7, 1925 ā June 6, 2017) was a mathematician, and Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University. He is best known for developing mathematical tools of classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and continuum mechanics.[1]
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Walter Noll | |
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Born | (1925-01-07)January 7, 1925 |
Died | June 6, 2017(2017-06-06) (aged 92) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Indiana University |
Known for | Principle of material objectivity |
Awards | American Mathematical Society Fellow (2012) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Applied mathematics, classical mechanics, thermodynamics, continuum mechanics |
Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
Thesis | On the Continuity of the Solid and Fluid States (1954) |
Doctoral advisor | Clifford Truesdell |
Website | http://www.math.cmu.edu/~wn0g/ |
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