Walter Noll

Walter Noll (born January 7, 1925) is a mathematician, and Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University. He is best known for developing mathematical tools of classical mechanics and thermodynamics. [cite book
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In 1954, Noll earned a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Indiana University under Clifford Truesdell.cite web
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accessdate = 2007-12-30 ] He has served as a visiting professor at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Karlsruhe, the Israel Institute of Technology, the École Polytechnique in Nancy, the University of Pisa, the University of Pavia, and Oxford University.

References

Books

*Noll, Walter and Truesdell, Clifford (1965) "The Non-Linear Field Theories of Mechanics". Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN 3540027793.
*Noll, Walter; Coleman, B. D.; and Markovitz, H. (1966) "Viscometric Flows of Non-Newtonian Fluids, Theory and Experiment". Springer-Verlag, New York. ASIN B0006BN90G.
*Noll, Walter (1974) "Foundations of Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Selected Papers". Springer-Verlag, New York. ISBN 0387066462.
*Noll, Walter (1987) "Finite-Dimensional Spaces: Algebra, Geometry, and Analysis, Vol. I". Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 9024735815. A corrected version (2006) is published on Professor Noll's website.
*Noll, Walter (2004) "Five Contributions to Natural Philosophy". Published on Professor Noll's website

External links

* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=2538 Noll's Entry in the Mathematics Genealogy Project]
* [http://www.math.cmu.edu/people/fac/noll.html Professor Noll's Carnegie Mellon home page]
* [http://www.math.cmu.edu/~wn0g/noll Professor Noll's website]