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D-Index
50
Citations
12307
World Ranking
1068
National Ranking
498

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 1979 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Joel Smoller was affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research contributions spanned multiple fields and subfields in mathematics, physics, and engineering.

The scientist's main fields of study included:

  • Mathematics
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

Their work further specialized into the following subfields:

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Computational Mechanics

Joel Smoller focused on several main research topics, including:

  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Relativity and Gravitational Theory
  • Navier-Stokes equation solutions
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics

The scientist regularly collaborated with other researchers, notably frequent co-authors included:

  • Christopher Alexander
  • Blake Temple

An example of their recent published work is the paper titled Shock-Wave Refinement of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Metric, published in 2023 in the venue arXiv (Cornell University).

The venues where Joel Smoller's work appeared consisted mainly of:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)

During their lifetime, Joel Smoller received professional recognition including:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1979)

Best Publications

  • Shock Waves and Reaction-Diffusion Equations

    Joel Smoller

  • LARGE TIME BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTIONS OF SYSTEMS OF NONLINEAR REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS*

    Edward Conway;David Hoff;Joel Smoller

  • Global Bifurcation of Steady-State Solutions

    Joel A. Smoller;Arthur G. Wasserman

  • Global solutions of the relativistic Euler equations

    Joel A. Smoller;Blake Temple

  • Solutions in the large for some nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws

    Takaaki Nishida;Joel A. Smoller

  • On the vacuum state for the isentropic gas dynamics equations

    T.-P Liu;J.A Smoller

  • Smooth static solutions of the Einstein/Yang-Mills equations

    Joel A. Smoller;Arthur G. Wasserman;S. T. Yau;J. B. McLeod

  • Qualitative theory of the FitzHugh-Nagumo equations

    Jeffrey Rauch;Joel A. Smoller

  • Non-Formation of Vacuum States for Compressible Navier–Stokes Equations

    David Hoff;Joel Smoller

  • Decay of Solutions of the Wave Equation in the Kerr Geometry

    Felix Finster;Niky Kamran;Joel Smoller;Shing-Tung Yau

  • Global solutions of the cauchy problem for quasi‐linear first‐order equations in several space variables

    Edward Conway;Joel Smoller

  • Existence of Black Hole Solutions for the Einstein-Yang/Mills Equations

    J. A. Smoller;A. G. Wasserman;S. T. Yau

  • Global analysis of a system of predator-prey equations

    E D Conway;J A Smoller

  • Particlelike solutions of the Einstein-Dirac equations

    Felix Finster;Joel Smoller;Shing Tung Yau

  • Existence of infinitely many smooth, static, global solutions of the Einstein / Yang-Mills equations

    J. A. Smoller;A. G. Wasserman

  • Global solutions for an extended class of hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

    Joel A. Smoller;J. L. Johnson

  • Bifurcation and symmetry-breaking

    Joel A. Smoller;Arthur G. Wasserman

  • Solutions in the large for certain nonlinear parabolic systems

    David Hoff;Joel Smoller

  • Non-existence of time-periodic solutions of the Dirac equation in a Reissner-Nordström black hole background

    Felix Finster;Joel A. Smoller;Shing-Tung Yau

  • The long-time dynamics of Dirac particles in the Kerr-Newman black hole geometry

    Felix Finster;Niky Kamran;Joel Smoller;Shing Tung Yau

  • On the Structure of Magnetohydrodynamic Shock Waves.

    Charles C. Conley;Joel A. Smoller

  • Advances in the Theory of Shock Waves

    Tai-Ping Liu;Guy Métivier;Joel Smoller;Blake Temple

Frequent Co-Authors

Shing-Tung Yau
Shing-Tung Yau Tsinghua University
Niky Kamran
Niky Kamran McGill University
David Hoff
David Hoff Indiana University
Tai-Ping Liu
Tai-Ping Liu Stanford University
Zhouping Xin
Zhouping Xin Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kevin Zumbrun
Kevin Zumbrun Indiana University
Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jeffrey Rauch
Jeffrey Rauch University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Guy Métivier
Guy Métivier University of Bordeaux

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