Henri Cabannes

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Henri Cabannes (born January 21, 1923 in Montpellier ; † May 30, 2016 ) was a French applied mathematician who dealt with theoretical mechanics.

Cabannes studied from 1942 at the École normal supérieure . In 1943 he fled to Spain after the German occupation of France and was a volunteer in the French Air Force. In 1946 he received his agrégation in mathematics, then was with the CNRS and in 1950 he received his doctorate with Henri Villat ( Joseph Pérès and Georges Valiron were also on the jury ). In 1950 he became Maître de Conférences at the University of Marseilles, there in 1952 Professor of Rational Mechanics and 1960 Professor of Rational Mechanics at the Sorbonne , from 1969 at the University of Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie). In 1990 he retired.

In 1983 he became a corresponding member and in 1991 a member of the Académie des sciences .

He was visiting professor at Université Laval in Quebec, 1967 at Brown University , 1968 and 1980 at the University of California, Berkeley , 1970 at the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro, 1975 and in the 1980s in Cameroon, 1983 in Tsukuba in Japan, 1989 in Kyoto and 1995/96 at the TH Darmstadt . From 1967 to 1983 he was also Maître de Conférences for mechanics at the École polytechnique . 1975 to 1978 he headed the laboratory for theoretical mechanics of the CNRS. From 1978 to 1981 he headed the mathematics section at the Palais de la Découverte . From 1989 to 1996 he headed the French National Mechanics Committee.

In 1970 he was one of the organizers of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Nice.

He dealt with aerodynamics, kinetic gas theory ( Boltzmann equation ), magnetohydrodynamics and vibrations of a string with obstacles.

Fonts

  • Cours de Mécanique générale, Dunod, 1961, 3rd edition 1968
    • English translation: General Mechanics, Blaisdell 1968
  • Problèmes de Mécanique générale, 1966
  • Cours de Magnétodynamique des fluides, Center des Documentations Universitaires, 1965, 2nd edition 1969
    • English translation: Theoretical Magnetofluiddynamics, Academic Press 1969
  • The Discrete Boltzmann Equation, University of California, Berkeley, 1980

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personal data
SURNAME Cabannes, Henri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Montpellier
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2016