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UC Berkeley reports death of fluid dynamics mathematician Alexandre Chorin at 88
UC Berkeley has announced the death of Alexandre Chorin, a 2014 National Medal of Science recipient known for methods to solve the equations governing fluid flow.
Why it matters: Researchers in computational fluid dynamics have lost a mathematician whose Navier-Stokes solution methods, Berkeley says, enabled engineering and medical simulations.
UC Berkeley reported that mathematician Alexandre Chorin has died at the age of 88.
According to Berkeley, Chorin received the National Medal of Science in 2014.
Berkeley said Chorin devised ingenious approaches to solving the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe how fluids flow, making simulations possible for engineering and medical uses.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The announcement concerns researchers working on fluid simulation, the field Berkeley credits Chorin with transforming through his methods for the Navier-Stokes equations, applied in engineering and medicine.
