Mathematician:Jerrold Eldon Marsden

Mathematician

Canadian mathematician specialising in mathematical and theoretical classical mechanics.

Also laid much of the foundation for symplectic topology.

Nationality

Canadian

History

• Born: 17 August 1942 in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada
• Died: 21 September 2010 Pasadena, California, United States

Theorems and Definitions

• Marsden-Weinstein Quotient (with Alan David Weinstein)

Publications

• 1999: Basic Complex Analysis, 3rd ed. (with Michael J. Hoffman)