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gptkb:person
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gptkb:University_of_Manchester
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gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Leroy_P._Steele_Prize |
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1927
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| gptkbp:deathYear |
2014
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| gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor |
gptkb:Sydney_Goldstein
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| gptkbp:fieldOfWork |
applied mathematics
fluid dynamics wave propagation |
| gptkbp:fullName |
gptkb:Gerald_Beresford_Whitham
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| gptkbp:hasWorkedWith |
gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Manchester |
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Whitham G. B.
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gptkb:Whitham_equation
mathematical physics contributions to fluid dynamics nonlinear wave theory |
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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British
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| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:Modern_Analysis_and_Applications
Linear and Nonlinear Waves |
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gptkb:mathematician
applied mathematician |
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gptkb:Traffic_Flow_Theory
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