Mario Pulvirenti is an Italian mathematician, Professor emeritus of

Mathematical Physics Mathematical physics refers to 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 t ...

at Sapienza University of Rome.

Biography

Mario Pulvirenti received a master's degree in physics from the

Sapienza University The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

in 1970, where he is Professor emeritus of

. He also worked at

University of L'Aquila The University of L'Aquila ( it, Università degli Studi dell'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 pres ...

and

University of Camerino The University of Camerino ( it, Università degli Studi di 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 201 ...

. He spent research periods at

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

, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and

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

. 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 Accademia dei Lincei (; literally the "Academy of the Lynx-Eyed", but 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 Rom ...

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

International Congress of Mathematicians The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize (to be rename ...

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

. In the same year he won the Tartufari prize form

. He is one of the major experts in mathematical aspects of

kinetic theory Kinetic (Ancient Greek: κίνησις “kinesis”, movement or to move) may refer to: * Kinetic theory, describing a gas as particles in random motion * Kinetic energy, the energy of an object that it possesses due to its motion Art and ente ...

, and among his research topics are also

fluid dynamics In physics and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids— liquids and gases. It has several subdisciplines, including ''aerodynamics'' (the study of air and other gases in motion) an ...

and

statistical mechanics In physics, statistical mechanics is a mathematical framework that applies statistical methods and probability theory to large assemblies of microscopic entities. It does not assume or postulate any natural laws, but explains the macroscopic be ...

. In particular, he obtained (together with Reinhard Illner) the only rigorous global derivation in time of the Boltzmann equation from particle dynamics known up to now. He is also interested in clarifying some particular aspects of

history of mechanics Mechanics (from Ancient Greek: μηχανική, ''mēkhanikḗ'', "of machines") is the area of mathematics and physics concerned with the relationships between force, matter, and motion among physical objects. Forces applied to objects ...

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