James Serrin
James Serrin | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1, 1926 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | August 23, 2012 (aged 85) Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Indiana University Bloomington |
| Known for | Meyers–Serrin theorem Harnack's inequality |
| Awards | ICM Speaker (1970, 1983) George David Birkhoff Prize (1973) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | The Existence and Uniqueness of Flows Solving Four Free Boundary Problems (1951) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Gilbarg |
James Burton Serrin (1 November 1926, Chicago, Illinois – 23 August 2012, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was an American mathematician, and a professor at University of Minnesota.