Thomas Benjamin
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Thomas Brooke Benjamin (April 15, 1929–August 16, 1995) was an English mathematical physicist and mathematician, best known for his work in mathematical analysis and fluid mechanics, especially in applications of nonlinear differential equations. Benjamin was awarded a doctorate degree at King's College, Cambridge in 1955.
From 1978 until his dead in 1995 he was Sedleian professor of natural philosophy at the Mathematical Institute, together with a fellowship at The Queen's College, both at the University of Oxford.
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[edit] References
- Hunt, J.C.R. (2006), “Nonlinear and wave theory contributions of T. Brooke Benjamin (1929–1995)”, Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics: 1–25, DOI 10.1146/annurev.fluid.38.050304.092028
[edit] External links
- Thomas Benjamin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Thomas Benjamin”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
