Monroe Harnish Martin

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Monroe Harnish Martin (also Monroe H. Martin , MH Martin , born February 7, 1907 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania , † March 12, 2007 in Denton , Maryland ) was an American mathematician .

Life

Family and education

The from the south of the US state of Pennsylvania nearby town originating Lancaster Monroe Harnish Martin, son of Amos Z. Martin (1885-1935) and his Wife Mary A. Harnish Martin (1883-1969), turned to the High School Accounts , studying mathematics at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, in 1928 he earned a Bachelor of Science degree . Martin continued his studies at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore continues, in 1932 he was at Aurel Wintner for Doctor of Philosophy PhD . After graduating, Monroe Harnish Martin received a prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Research Council at Harvard University .

Monroe Harnish Martin married Virginia Parker (1905-1994) on June 18, 1932. The marriage was the daughter of Mary Helen. He passed away in March 2007 one month after turning 100 at the Caroline Nursing Home in Denton.

Professional background

Monroe Harnish Martin had been employed as an instructor in mathematics at Trinity College in Hartford , Connecticut , since 1933 . In 1936 he followed an appointment as Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Maryland , in 1938 he was promoted to Associate Professor , in 1942 to Full Professor . From 1943 to 1954, Monroe Harnish Martin headed the Department of Mathematics. In 1949 he was appointed founding director of the Institute of Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics. In 1959, Monroe Harnish Martin , who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship , taught as a visiting professor at the Universities of Saint Andrews and Rome . He retired in 1972 .

Monroe Harnish Martin, whose research focus was fluid dynamics , was elected a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America . He has published various papers on his subject in American and European mathematical journals. The Monroe H. Martin Prize was launched in his honor at the University of Maryland.

Publications

  • On infinite orthogonal matrices. Dissertation , Johns Hopkins University, in: American Journal of Mathematics, Volume 54, Issue 3, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1932, pp. 579-631.
  • together with JB Diaz: Riemann’s method for partial differential equations of hyperbolic, parabolic and elliptic types. in: University of Maryland. Institute for Fluid Dynamics and Applied Mathematics. Lecture series, Issue 29, University of Maryland, College Park, 1952
  • Fluid dynamics: Proceedings of the 4th Symposium in Applied Mathematics of the American Mathematical Society, held at the University of Maryland, College Park, Md., June 22-23, 1951. in: Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics, 4th, Reprinted, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1959
  • Inequalities for Hermitian functionals. in: Memorie dell'Accademia delle scienze di Torino. Classe di scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali., Ser. IV;, 7., Accademia delle Scienze, Torino, 1969

literature

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation: Reports of the President and of the Treasurer. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, 1959, p. 72.
  • Who's Who in America: a biographical dictionary of notable living men and women. : volume 33 (1964-1965). Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1964, p. 1293.
  • The Easton star-Democrat. Easton Pub. Co., Easton, Md., March 29, 2007, p. 13.
  • Monroe H. Martin. in: The Washington Post on March 14, 2007, Washington Post Co., Washington, DC, 2007
  • Andrea Kovacs Henderson: American men & women of science: a biographical directory of today's leaders in physical, biological, and related sciences. 26th ed, Thomson / Gale, Detroit, Mich., 2009, p. 241.

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personal data
SURNAME Martin, Monroe Harnish
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Monroe H .; Martin, MH
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Lancaster , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2007
Place of death Denton , Maryland