The concept of
Young measure is named after him: he also introduced the concept of the
generalized curve[1] and a concept of generalized surface[2] which later evolved in the concept of
varifold.[3][4] The Young integral also is named after him and has now been generalised in the theory of
rough paths.[5]
Life and academic career
Laurence Chisholm Young was born in
Göttingen,[6] the fifth of the six children of
William Henry Young and
Grace Chisholm Young.[7] He held positions of Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was also a chess grandmaster.[8]
^In his commemorative papers describing the research of Almgren,
Brian White (
1997, p.1452, footnote 1,
1998, p.682, footnote 1) writes that these are "essentially the same class of surfaces". He notes also that Young himself used the same term in a somewhat different context i.e. in (L. C. Young
1942,
1942a).
Aubin, Jean–Pierre (1985), "Eloge du Professeur L. C. Young, Docteur Honoris Causa de l'Université Paris-Dauphine", Gazette des Mathématiciens (in French) (27): 98–112,
MR0803575, including a reply by L. C. Young himself (pages 109–112).
The concept of
Young measure is named after him: he also introduced the concept of the
generalized curve[1] and a concept of generalized surface[2] which later evolved in the concept of
varifold.[3][4] The Young integral also is named after him and has now been generalised in the theory of
rough paths.[5]
Life and academic career
Laurence Chisholm Young was born in
Göttingen,[6] the fifth of the six children of
William Henry Young and
Grace Chisholm Young.[7] He held positions of Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was also a chess grandmaster.[8]
^In his commemorative papers describing the research of Almgren,
Brian White (
1997, p.1452, footnote 1,
1998, p.682, footnote 1) writes that these are "essentially the same class of surfaces". He notes also that Young himself used the same term in a somewhat different context i.e. in (L. C. Young
1942,
1942a).
Aubin, Jean–Pierre (1985), "Eloge du Professeur L. C. Young, Docteur Honoris Causa de l'Université Paris-Dauphine", Gazette des Mathématiciens (in French) (27): 98–112,
MR0803575, including a reply by L. C. Young himself (pages 109–112).