Philip Gressman

Philip Thaxton Gressman (born November 22, 1978) is an American mathematician at The University of Pennsylvania, working primarily in the field of harmonic analysis.

Philip T. Gressman
Born(1978-11-22)November 22, 1978
NationalityUnited States
Alma materWashington University (A.B. 2001), Princeton University (Ph.D. 2005)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Doctoral advisorElias Stein

Gressman grew up in Ava, Missouri, where he graduated from Ava High School in 1997.[1] He double majored in Mathematics and Physics at Washington University in St. Louis, where he was a Compton Fellow.[2] His undergraduate advisors were Guido Weiss and Edward N. Wilson.[3] Gressman completed his Ph.D. in mathematics at Princeton University under the guidance of Elias Stein.[4] He was J. W. Gibbs Assistant Professor at Yale University before earning his permanent position at the University of Pennsylvania.[5]

Together with Robert M. Strain, Gressman solved the full Boltzmann equation, which mathematically models the behavior of a dilute gas. More specifically, they proved global existence of classical solutions and rapid time decay to equilibrium for the Boltzmann equation with long-range interactions.[6][7]

His work on the Boltzmann equation helped him be selected to represent the American Mathematical Society at the 19th Annual Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) Capitol Hill Exhibition in May of 2013, where he discussed the importance of national science funding for pure and applied mathematics.[8][5]

References
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  2. "Washington University Math Department Newsletter" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  4. "Philip Gressman - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". Genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu.
  5. "Philip Gressman Short CV" (PDF). Math.upenn.edui. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  6. Gressman, Philip; Strain, Robert (13 June 2018). "Global classical solutions of the Boltzmann equation without angular cut-off". Journal of the American Mathematical Society. 24 (3): 771–847. arXiv:1011.5441. doi:10.1090/S0894-0347-2011-00697-8.
  7. "Mathematicians Solve 140-Year-Old Boltzmann Equation - Penn Today". Penn Today. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  8. "Inside the AMS" (PDF). Ams.org. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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