George Adomian (March 21, 1922 – June 17, 1996) was an American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and academic of Armenian descent. He developed the Adomian decomposition method (ADM) for solving nonlinear differential equations, both ordinary and partial. The method is explained, among other places, in his book Solving Frontier Problems in Physics: The Decomposition Method (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2004).[1]

George Adomian
Born(1922-03-21)March 21, 1922
DiedJune 17, 1996(1996-06-17) (aged 74)
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
Academic work
DisciplineMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Georgia

He was educated at Cass Technical High School in Detroit. He earned a bachelor's of science at the University of Michigan and a PhD in physics from UCLA.[1]

He was a professor at Pennsylvania State University from 1964-66, and then was Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Georgia (UGA) from 1966 through 1989. While at UGA, he started the Center for Applied Mathematics.[1]

Selected works edit

  • G. Adomian: Stochastic Systems, Academic Press, 1983. ISBN 0-12-044370-8
  • G. Adomian: Nonlinear Stochastic Operator Equations, Academic Press, 1986. ISBN 0-12-044375-9
  • G. Adomian: Nonlinear Stochastic Systems Theory and Applications to Physics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989. ISBN 90-277-2525-X

References edit


  1. ^ a b c "Dr. George Adomian". Los Angeles Times. June 22, 1996. p. 16. Retrieved May 3, 2024.