Surindar Kumar Trehan (S.K. Trehan) was an Indian
mathematician
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who specialised in
non-linear
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stability
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Mathematics
*Stability theory, the study of the stability of solutions to differential equations and dynamical systems
** Asymptotic stability
** Exponential stability
** Linear stability
**Lyapunov stability
** Marginal s ...
in
magnetohydrodynamics
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.
He was awarded in 1976 the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
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In Sanskrit
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* Kshanti, one of the paramitas of B ...
, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category. Prof. Trehan has done significant work on stability of force-free magnetic fields, stability of
jets and cylinders and stability of inhomogeneous plasmas. His work on the mathematical treatment of gaseous polytropes in the presence of a magnetic field is a breakthrough in this area. He has also done important work on hydromagnetic waves and rotating gaseous
masses.
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External links
S. K. Trehan (1931–2004), Current Science, 25 January 2005Indian National Science AcademyIndian National Science Academy database
1931 births
2004 deaths
20th-century Indian mathematicians
Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science
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