Mario Pulvirenti is an Italian mathematician, Professor emeritus of

Mathematical Physics Mathematical physics is the development of mathematics, mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the de ...

Sapienza University of Rome The Sapienza University of Rome (), formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", abbreviated simply as Sapienza ('Wisdom'), is a Public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1303 and is ...

Biography

Mario Pulvirenti received a master's degree in physics from the Sapienza University in 1970, where he is Professor emeritus of

. He also worked at

University of L'Aquila The University of L'Aquila () is a public research university located in L'Aquila, Central Italy. It was founded in 1964 (its history begins in 1596) and is organized in nine departments. The university presents a scientific-technological charac ...

and

University of Camerino The University of Camerino () is a university located in Camerino, Italy. It is the best university of Italy among those with fewer than 10,000 students, according to the Guida Censis Repubblica 2011 and 2012 ranking. It claims to have been foun ...

. He spent research periods at

École Normale Supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques The Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS; English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a French research institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics (also with a small theoretical biology g ...

and

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

. He is currently member of

Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica The Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica Francesco Severi, abbreviated as INdAM, is a government created non-profit research institution whose main purpose is to promote research in the field of mathematics and its applications and the diffusion ...

and of

Accademia dei Lincei The (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed"), anglicised as the Lincean Academy, is one of the oldest and most prestigious European scientific institutions, located at the Palazzo Corsini on the Via della Lungara in Rome, Italy. Founded in ...

, one of the highest Italian academic institutions. In 2006 has been invited speaker at

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. In the same year he won the Tartufari prize form

. He is one of the major experts in mathematical aspects of kinetic theory, and among his research topics are also

fluid dynamics In physics, physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids – liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including (the study of air and other gases in motion ...

and

statistical mechanics In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic entities. Sometimes called statistical physics or statistical thermodynamics, its applicati ...

. In particular, he obtained (together with Reinhard Illner) the only rigorous global derivation in time of the

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from particle dynamics known up to now. He is also interested in clarifying some particular aspects of history of mechanics.

Bibliography

* ''Global validity of the Boltzmann equation for a two-dimensional rare gas in vacuum'' (with R. Illner).

Communications in Mathematical Physics ''Communications in Mathematical Physics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer. The journal publishes papers in all fields of mathematical physics, but focuses particularly in analysis related to condensed matter physics, sta ...

, 105(2), 189–203 (1986). * ''Global validity of the Boltzmann equation for two-and three-dimensional rare gas in vacuum: Erratum and improved result'' (with R. Illner).

, 121(1), 143–146 (1989). * ''Kinetic equations and asymptotic theory.'' Ed. by Benoît Perthame and Laurent Desvillettes. Series in Applied Mathematics (Paris). 4. Paris: Gauthier-Villars/ Elsevier (with F.Bouchut, F.Golse, B.Perthame e L.Desvillettes), (2000). *''The mathematical theory of dilute gases.'' Applied Mathematical Sciences. 106. New York, NY: Springer-Verlag (with C. Cercignani), (1994). * ''Nonequilibrium problems in many-particle systems.'' Lectures given at the 3rd Session of the Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Montecatini, Italy, June 15–27, 1992.

Lecture Notes in Mathematics ''Lecture Notes in Mathematics'' is a book series in the field of mathematics, including articles related to both research and teaching. It was established in 1964 and was edited by A. Dold, Heidelberg and B. Eckmann, Zürich. Its publisher is Sp ...

. 1551. Berlin: Springer-Verlag (with C. Cercignani), (1993). * ''Vortex methods in two-dimensional fluid dynamics''.

Lecture Notes in Physics ''Lecture Notes in Physics'' (LNP) is a book series published by Springer Science+Business Media in the field of physics, including articles related to both research and teaching. It was established in 1969. See also * ''Lecture Notes in Computer ...

, 203. Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag (with C. Marchioro), (1984). * ''Propagation of chaos and effective equations in kinetic theory: a brief survey'' (with S. Simonella), ''

Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems ''Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (MEMOCS)'' is a quarterly Peer review, peer-reviewed scientific journal founded by the International Research Center for the Mathematics and Mechanics of Complex Systems (M&MoCS) from University of L' ...

'', Vol. 4 (2016), No. 3-4, 255–274.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pulvirenti, Mario Living people Italian mathematicians Sapienza University of Rome alumni Members of the Lincean Academy 1946 births