Stanley Farlow

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Stanley Farlow
Born1937 (1937)
Nationality American
Alma mater Oregon State University
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions University of Maine
Doctoral advisor Ronald Bernard Guenther

Stanley Jerome Farlow (born 1937) is an American mathematician specializing in differential equations. For many years he has been a professor at the University of Maine.

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Life

Farlow earned a bachelor's degree in physics at Iowa State University and a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Iowa. [1] From 1962 to 1968 he was a lieutenant commander in the PHS, completing his Ph.D. in mathematics at Oregon State University in 1967. His doctoral supervisor was Ronald Bernard Guenther, and his doctoral dissertation was on Existence Theorems for Periodic Solutions of Parabolic Partial Differential Equations. [2]

He is currently a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Maine. [1]

Books

Farlow is the author of several books in mathematics, including

He is also the editor of:

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References

  1. 1 2 "Home page". University of Maine Mathematics Department. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. Stanley Farlow at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. Reviews of Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers:
  4. Reviews of Paradoxes in Mathematics:
    • Advanced Mathematics: A Transitional Reference (Wiley, 2020)
    • Becker, Glenn (October 2014), MAA Reviews
    • Cobreros, Pablo, MR 3243572