RARE \"Applied Mathematician\" James Stoker Signed 3X5.5 Card For Sale
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RARE \"Applied Mathematician\" James Stoker Signed 3X5.5 Card:
$279.99
Up for sale a RARE! "Applied Mathematician" James J. Stoker Signed 3X5.5 Card.
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.
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