Walter Noll

Walter Noll
Professor Walter Noll
Born(1925-01-07)January 7, 1925
DiedJune 6, 2017(2017-06-06) (aged 92)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materIndiana University Bloomington
Known forPrinciple of material objectivity
Rational thermodynamics
AwardsAmerican Mathematical Society Fellow (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics, classical mechanics, thermodynamics, continuum mechanics
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisOn the Continuity of the Solid and Fluid States (1954)
Doctoral advisorClifford Truesdell
Websitehttp://www.math.cmu.edu/~wn0g/

Walter Noll (January 7, 1925 – 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]

  1. ^ Ignatieff, Y. (1996). The Mathematical World of Walter Noll. Springer-Verlag.

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