Surindar Kumar Trehan
| Surindar Kumar Trehan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 April 1931 |
| Died | 9 September 2004 |
| Nationality | India |
| Fields | Non-linear stability in magnetohydrodynamics, Mathematics |
| Notable awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology |
Surindar Kumar Trehan (S.K. Trehan) is an Indian mathematician who specialised in Non-linear stability in magnetohydrodynamics.
He was awarded in 1976 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category. Prof. Trehan has done significant work on stability of force-free magnetic fields, stability of jets and cylinders and stability of inhomogeneous plasmas. His work on the mathematical treatment of gaseous polytropes in the presence of a magnetic field is a breakthrough in this area. He has also done important work on hydromagnetic waves and rotating gaseous masses.[1]
References
- ↑ Sukumar Mallick, Saguna Dewan, S C Dhawan (1999). Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners(1958 - 1998). New Delhi: Human Rsource Development Group, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research. p. 118.