EntityQ506133· pop 8· linked from 88 articlesAndrew MajdaSign in to saveAmerican mathematician (1949–2021)Person · Open LibraryBorn1949Died2021-03-12Works10Top worksVorticity and incompressible flowNon-linear dynamics and statistical theories for basic geophysical flowsMultidimensional hyperbolic problems and computationsComputational fluid dynamics and reacting gas flowsCompressible fluid flow and systems of conservation laws in several space variablesvia Open Library + WikidataKey datesBorn30 January 1949Died12 March 2021via Wikidata · CC0Wikidata factsInstance ofhumanGiven nameJosephGendermaleCitizenshipUnited StatesPlace of birthEast ChicagoOccupationuniversity teacherEducated atPurdue UniversityEmployerUniversity of California, BerkeleyLanguages spokenEnglish languageDoctoral advisorConnectionsmathematicsEntityStanford UniversityEntityCategories1949 births2021 deaths20th-century American mathematicians21st-century American mathematiciansAmerican fluid dynamicistsCourant Institute of Mathematical Sciences facultyFellows of the American Mathematical SocietyFellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied MathematicsMathematicians from IndianaMembers of the United States National Academy of SciencesPartial differential equation theorists