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Jerrold E. Marsden
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Jerrold Marsden at Oberwolfach in 2008
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| Born | August 17, 1942 Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada
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| Died | September 21, 2010 (aged 68) Pasadena, California, United States
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto< Princeton University |
| Known for | Classical mechanics |
| Children | Alison Marsden Christopher Marsden |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Classical mechanics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley California Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Arthur Wightman |
| Doctoral students | Graciela Chichilnisky Tudor Ratiu |
Jerrold Eldon Marsden (born August 17, 1942 – died September 21, 2010) was a brilliant Canadian mathematician. He was a professor at the California Institute of Technology, a very famous university. Marsden was known for his important work in mathematics, especially in an area called classical mechanics. He was considered one of the top researchers in his field.
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Jerrold Marsden's Career in Mathematics
His Education and Early Work
Jerrold Marsden studied mathematics at the University of Toronto in Canada. He then earned his Ph.D., which is a very high-level university degree, in mathematical physics. He got this degree from Princeton University in 1968. After finishing his studies, he worked at many different universities and research centers. These places were in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. He also helped start the Fields Institute in Toronto, Canada. This institute is a big center for mathematical research. He even led it for a few years until 1994.
His Important Contributions to Math
Jerrold Marsden was one of the world's leading experts in classical mechanics. This is a branch of physics and mathematics that studies how objects move. He worked closely with another mathematician named Alan Weinstein. Together, they helped create much of the basic ideas for something called symplectic topology. This is a complex area of mathematics. There is even a mathematical idea named after him and Weinstein, called the Marsden-Weinstein quotient. This shows how important their work was.
Awards and Honors for His Work
Marsden received many awards for his amazing work in mathematics. In 1973, he won the Gravitational Research Foundation Prize. He also received a Carnegie Fellowship in 1977. In 1981, he was given a Miller Professorship. That same year, Marsden won the Jeffery–Williams Prize.
In 1990, he received the Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics. This prize is given by two important math groups: the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the American Mathematical Society. He won this award for his excellent work on how things change over time in mechanics. He showed that some classical math equations could lead to "chaos," which means very unpredictable behavior. His work on something called the "momentum map" also had a huge impact.
In 2000, he was awarded the Max Planck Research Award for Mathematics and Computer Science. In 2005, he won the very important John von Neumann Lecture. This award is given by SIAM to recognize great contributions to applied math. In 2006, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society. This is a very high honor for scientists in the United Kingdom. In the same year, he also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Surrey.
Jerrold Marsden passed away from cancer on September 21, 2010. His work continues to influence mathematicians today.
