Alexandre Chorin

Alexandre Joel Chorin
Born	Poland
Nationality	American
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	UCB, Courant Institute
Alma mater	Courant Institute
Doctoral advisor	Peter Lax
Doctoral students	James Sethian Charles S. Peskin Phillip Colella Gary Sod
Known for	Random vortex method Artifial compressibility method Projection method
Notable awards	Norbert Wiener Prize (2000)

Alexandre J. Chorin (born 1938) is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley who works in applied mathematics.^[1] He is known for his contributions to the field of Computational fluid dynamics.

Chorin was one of the first to develop an algorithm for the numerical solution of Incompressible Navier-Stokes equation. He developed "Artificial compressibility method" and the immensely popular "Projection method". He is also responsible for the introduction of the vortex method in computational fluid dynamics.^[2]

Chorin received the Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics in 2000.^[3] This prize is awarded "for an outstanding contribution to applied mathematics in the highest and broadest sense". Chorin was a student of Peter D. Lax and teacher of James A. Sethian. Incidentally, both Lax and Sethian also won the Norbert Wiener Prize. Professor Chorin also holds the University of California Professor award, which has been awarded to only a handful of people. The award gives him tenure at all of the University of California Campuses.

Journal publications

• Chorin, A. J. "A numerical method for solving incompressible viscous flow problems" J. Comput. Phys. 2 (1967), pp. 12-26.
• Chorin, A. J. Numerical solution of the Navier-Stokes equations Math. Comp. 22 (1968) pp. 745-762

Books authored

• Chorin, A. J. and J. E. Marsden, "A Mathematical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics", 3rd ed., Springer-Verlag (1993).
• Chorin, A. J., "Vorticity and Turbulence", Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol 103, Springer-Verlag (1994).

References

External links

• Alexandre Chorin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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