Andrew J. Majda

Contributions to partial differential equations and connections to numerous scientific problems. Early work dealt with linear hyperbolic equations and contributed to progress on singularity propagation, scattering theory, and inverse problems. Later work concentrates on shock waves and compressible flow, including seminal work on existence and stability of multi-dimensional shock waves. Contributed to the theory of incompressible fluids. Leader in applications of mathematical techniques to studies of atmospheric phenomena. Innovator in the use of stochastic analysis for problems in diffusion, convective transport, and metastability in atmospheric flows.