Surender Kumar Malik (8 September 1942 – 7 July 2001) was an Indian
mathematician who specialised in
applied mathematics, especially in
nonlinear
In mathematics and science, a nonlinear system is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input. Nonlinear problems are of interest to engineers, biologists, physicists, mathematicians, and many other ...
phenomena.
He was awarded in 1983 with the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in
India, in the mathematical sciences category.
Malik did pioneering work on nonlinear dispersive waves in self-gravitating media,
electrohydrodynamics and
magnetohydrodynamics. In particular his theory on nonlinear breakup of a self-gravitating column has thrown some light on the phenomenon of condensation in astronomical bodies. His work on nonlinear self-focussing in magnetic fluids is expected to have industrial applications.
References
External links
Indian National Science Academy database ''Chandigarh Tribune''. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
1942 births
2001 deaths
Indian mathematicians
Delhi University alumni
Panjab University alumni
Applied mathematicians
Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science
20th-century Indian mathematicians
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