George Adomian

George Adomian
Born1922 (1922)
Buffalo, New York
DiedJune 17, 1996(1996-06-17) (aged 73–74)
Athens, Georgia
Occupations
Academic work
DisciplineMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Georgia

George Adomian (1922 – June 17, 1996)[1][2] was an American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and academic of Armenian descent.[1] He developed the Adomian decomposition method (ADM) for solving nonlinear differential equations, both ordinary and partial.[2] The method is explained, among other places, in his book Solving Frontier Problems in Physics: The Decomposition Method (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2004).[3]

He was educated at Cass Technical High School in Detroit. He earned a bachelor's and master's of science in electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and a PhD in physics from UCLA[3] in 1961, advised by David Saxon.[4] His dissertation was titled Linear Stochastic Operators.[4]

He was a professor at Pennsylvania State University from 1964-66, and then was Chair of Applied Mathematics at the University of Georgia (UGA) from 1966 through 1989. While at UGA, he started the Center for Applied Mathematics.[3]

He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[2] He was also a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, American Mathematical Society, American Physical Society, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, and Sigma Pi Sigma.[2]

Selected works

  • G. Adomian: Stochastic Systems, Academic Press, 1983. ISBN 0-12-044370-8
  • G. Adomian: Nonlinear Stochastic Operator Equations, Academic Press, 1986. ISBN 0-12-044375-9
  • G. Adomian: Nonlinear Stochastic Systems Theory and Applications to Physics, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989. ISBN 90-277-2525-X

References

  1. 1 2 "MATLAB TUTORIAL for the First Course: Adomian Decomposition". www.cfm.brown.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Rach, R. C. (1996). "Dr George Adomian – distinguished scientist and mathematician" (PDF). www.cfm.brown.edu. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dr. George Adomian". Los Angeles Times. June 22, 1996. p. 16. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  4. 1 2 "George Adomian - The Mathematics Genealogy Project". www.mathgenealogy.org. Retrieved 2025-11-30.
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