James Gilbert Glimm is an American

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 mathematical physicist, and Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook

State University of New York at Stony Brook

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James Glimm was born in Peoria

Peoria, Illinois

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, Illinois

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, USA on 24 March 1934.

Career

He received his Ph.D.

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 in mathematics from Columbia University

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 in 1959; his advisor was Richard V. Kadison.. Glimm had significant stints at New York University

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, and at Rockefeller University

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, before arriving at Stony Brook University in 1989.
He has been noted for contributions to C*-algebras, quantum field theory

Quantum field theory

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, partial differential equation

Partial differential equation

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s, fluid dynamics

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, scientific computing, the modeling of petroleum reservoirs. Together with Arthur Jaffe

Arthur Jaffe

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, he has founded a subject called constructive quantum field theory

Constructive quantum field theory

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James Glimm was elected to the National Academy of Sciences

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 in 1984. He won the National Medal of Science

National Medal of Science

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 in 2002. Starting January 1, 2007, he is serving a 2-year term as President of the American Mathematical Society

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Appointments

Years	Appointments
1999-	Staff Member, Computational Science Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory Brookhaven National Laboratory , is a United States national laboratory located in Upton, New York on Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U.S. Army base...
1989-	Distinguished Professor, SUNY at Stony Brook
1982-89	Professor, Courant Institute, New York University New York University New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
1974-82	Professor, The Rockefeller University
1968-74	Professor, Courant Institute, New York University
1960-68	Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, MIT
1959-60	Temporary Member, Institute for Advanced Study

External links

• Home Page, at Stony Brook