Mathematician:Edward Norton Lorenz

Mathematician

American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric physics and meteorology.

Best known as the founder of modern chaos theory.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: May 23, 1917 in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Died: April 16, 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Theorems and Definitions

• Lorenz Attractor
• Lorenz Equations

• Lorenz Energy Cycle
• Lorenz 96 Model

Definitions of concepts named for Edward Norton Lorenz can be found here.

Publications

• 1955: Available potential energy and the maintenance of the general circulation
• 1963: Deterministic nonperiodic flow
• 1967: The nature and theory of the general circulation of atmosphere
• 1969: Three approaches to atmospheric predictability
• 1972: Predictability: Does the Flap of a Butterfly's Wings in Brazil Set Off a Tornado in Texas?
• 1976: Nondeterministic theories of climate change
• 1990: Can chaos and intransitivity lead to interannual variability?
• 2005: Designing Chaotic Models

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Edward Norton Lorenz": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive