Surindar Kumar Trehan
Indian mathematician (1931–2004) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Surindar Kumar Trehan (S.K. Trehan) was an Indian mathematician who specialised in non-linear stability in magnetohydrodynamics.
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Surindar Kumar Trehan | |
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Born | 4 April 1931 (1931-04-04) West Punjab, Gujarat (now in Pakistan) |
Died | 9 September 2004 (2004-09-10) (aged 72) Chandigarh, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | University of Chicago |
Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Non-linear stability in magnetohydrodynamics, Mathematics |
Doctoral advisor | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
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He was awarded in 1976 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category. Prof. Trehan has done significant work on stability of force-free magnetic fields, stability of jets and cylinders and stability of inhomogeneous plasmas. His work on the mathematical treatment of gaseous polytropes in the presence of a magnetic field is a breakthrough in this area. He has also done important work on hydromagnetic waves and rotating gaseous masses.[1]