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Willard MILLER, Jr. Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, IT Distinguished Professor

Born: 17 September 1937

Education and Degree:

• B.S., Mathematics, University of Chicago, December 1958 (cum laude), USA;
• Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, UC Berkeley, June 1963, USA

Current Professional Status:

• Professor of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, USA

Membership:

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS);
• American Mathematical Society (AMS);
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM);
• Phi Beta Kappa Society

Editorial Appointments:

• Managing Editor, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 1975-81;
• Associate Editor, Applicable Analysis, 1978-90;
• MEB, SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 1970-92;
• Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Physics, 1973-75;
• Co-Editor, IMA Volumes in Mathematics, 1987-94, 1997-2001

Honours:

• appointed IT Distinguished Professor, University of Minnesota, USA

Areas of Expertise:

• Lie groups and algebras, special functions, q-series, mathematical physics;
• Management of research

Author:

• three books,
• more than 160 research papers

Selected Scientific Publications (Books):

1. W. Miller, Symmetry Groups and Their Applications, Academic Press, New York, 1972 (translated into Chinese in 1981).
2. W. Miller, Symmetry and Separation of Variables, Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1977 (translated into Russian in 1981).
3. W. Miller, Lie Theory and Special Functions, Academic Press, New York, 1968

Detailed List of Publications (with PDF and PS files)

Mailing Address:
University of Minnesota
127 Vincent Hall, 206 Church St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
USA

E-mail: miller@ima.umn.edu
Home page: http://www.ima.umn.edu/~miller/

Page last updated: 19 April 2005

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