RARE "Applied Mathematician" James Stoker Hand Signed 3X5.5 Card for Sale

RARE "Applied Mathematician" James Stoker Hand Signed 3X5.5 Card For Sale

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2, 1905 – October 19, 1992) was an American applied mathematician and engineer. He was director of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and is

considered one of the founders of the the

others. Stoker is known for his work in differential geometry and

theory of water waves. He is also

the author of the now classic book Water Waves: The Mathematical Theory

with Applications. Hailing from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Stoker started his career as a mining engineer. In the 1930s, he went to Zürich to pursue a doctorate in mechanics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich. One of the first courses he took there was by Heinz Hopf on geometry. Stoker was so impressed by the

subject, and the teacher, that he switched his doctoral programme to differential geometry He

received his Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Hopf and George Pólya. Hopf later recommended Stoker to Richard Courant. In 1937 Stoker, along with Courant's former

student Kurt O. Friedrichs, joined

Courant in the Department of Mathematics at the New York University. With Stoker's engineering background

and Friedrichs' mastery in mathematics, the two were effectively collaborated

on many applied problems such as plate theory. On Courant's

retirement in 1958 Stoker succeeded him as director and served until 1966. It

was during Stoker's period as director, the Institute acquired greater autonomy

within the University framework. It became the Courant

Institute of Mathematical Sciences in 1965. Friedrichs

succeeded Stoker as director in 1966.