James Glimm

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James Glimm is an American mathematical physicist. With Arthur Jaffe he has founded a subject called constructive quantum field theory. James Glimm won the National Medal of Science in 2003 and was elected President of the American Mathematical Society in 2006. James Glimm has been noted for contributions to C*-algebras, quantum field theory, partial differential equations, fluid dynamics, scientific computing,the modeling of petroleum reservoirs, and geometric models for structural biology.