Martin David Kruskal

Martin David Kruskal

Martin David Kruskal was an American mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, ranging from plasma physics to general relativity and from nonlinear analysis to asymptotic analysis. His most celebrated contribution was in the theory of solitons.

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1925 – 2006
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Born in
New York City
Educated at
New York UniversityUniversity of ChicagoCourant Institute School of Mathematics, Computing, and Data ScienceRiverdale Neighborhood School
Awards
🏆 National Medal of Science🏆 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Doctoral Advisors
🎓 Richard Courant
Doctoral Students
📖 Steven Orszag

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  • 1925

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  • 2006

    Died

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