Carlo Cercignani

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Carlo Cercignani (born June 17, 1939 in Teulada , Cagliari , † January 7, 2010 in Milan ) was an Italian mathematician and physicist.

Life

Cercignani graduated from the University of Milan with a Laureate in Physics in 1961 and in Mathematics in 1963. He was Professor of Mechanics and Aerodynamics at the Politecnico in Milan and a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the French Académie des Sciences . He was a specialist in the Boltzmann equation , which he dealt with in many of his books.

In 1998 he received the Medaglia ai benemeriti della cultura e dell'arte. From 1984 to 1987 he was chairman of the mathematics committee of the national research council CNR.

Publications

  • Rarefied Gas Dynamics. From Basic Concepts to Actual Calculations . University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-65992-2 .
  • Ludwig Boltzmann , The Man Who Trusted Atoms . University Press, Oxford 1999, ISBN 0-19-850154-4 .
  • The Relativistic Boltzmann Equation. Theory and Applications . Birkhäuser, Basel 2002, ISBN 3-7643-6693-1 (together with Gilberto M. Kremer).
  • The Mathematical Theory of Dilute Gases . Springer, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-540-94294-7 (Applied mathematical sciences; 106).
  • Many Particle Dynamics and Kinetic Equations . Kluwer, Dordrecht 1997, ISBN 0-7923-4696-3 .
  • Mathematical Methods in Kinetic Theory . Plenum Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-306-43460-1 (reprint of the London 1969 edition).
  • The Boltzmann Equation and Its Applications . Springer, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-540-96637-4 .
  • Theory and Application of the Boltzmann Equation . Scottish Academic Press, Edinburgh 1975.

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personal data
SURNAME Cercignani, Carlo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian mathematician and physicist
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Teulada , Cagliari, Italy
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 2010
Place of death Milan