Alexander Weinstein





































Alexander Weinstein

Weinstein,Alexander Jena 1930.jpg
1930 in Jena

Born
(1897-01-21)21 January 1897

Saratov, Russia

Died 6 November 1979(1979-11-06) (aged 82)

Washington, D.C., USA

Nationality Russian American
Alma mater University of Zurich
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Maryland, College Park
Doctoral advisors
Rudolf Fueter
Hermann Weyl


Alexander Weinstein (21 January 1897 – 6 November 1979) was a mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics.



Publications



  • with Nathan Aronszajn:


    • Aronszajn, N; Weinstein, A (1941). "Existence, convergence and equivalence in the unified theory of eigenvalues of plates and membranes". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 27 (3): 188–191. doi:10.1073/pnas.27.3.188. PMC 1078302. PMID 16588447..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


    • Aronszajn, Nathan; Weinstein, Alexander (1942). "On the unified theory of eigenvalues of plates and membranes". Amer. J. Math. 64 (1): 623–645. doi:10.2307/2371709. JSTOR 2371709. MR 0007196.




  • Weinstein, Alexander (1948). "Discontinuous integrals and generalized potential theory". Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 63 (2): 342–354. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-1948-0025023-x. MR 0025023.


  • Weinstein, Alexander (1953). "Generalized axially symmetric potential theory". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 59 (1): 20–38. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1953-09651-3. MR 0053289.


A selection of Alexander Weinstein's scientific contributions was edited by J. B. Díaz and published as:



  • Díaz, J. B., ed. (1978), Alexander Weinstein selecta (in English, German, and French), London–San Francisco–Melbourne: Pitman, pp. XXI+629, ISBN 0-273-08411-9, MR 0518819, Zbl 0383.01021


References




  • Díaz, J. B. (1973), "Dedication to Alexander Weinstein", Applicable Analysis, 3 (3): 205–208, doi:10.1080/00036817308839065, ISSN 0003-6811, MR 0384418, Zbl 0297.01028


  • Fichera, Gaetano (1981), "Alexander Weinstein", Atti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. Rendiconti. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali, Serie VIII (in Italian), 70 (5): 233–240, Zbl 0504.01031.


  • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Alexander Weinstein", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.


  • Alexander Weinstein at the Mathematics Genealogy Project









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