Michael James Lighthill (Paris, — Sark, ) foi um matemático britânico, nascido na França.
Foi professor da Cátedra Beyer de Matemática Aplicada, de 1950 a 1959.
Obras Collected Papers, 5 Volumes, Oxford University Press 1997 On sound generated aerodynamically. I. General theory. Proc. Roy. Soc. 211(A) p. 564-587, London, 1952. On sound generated aerodynamically. II. Turbulence as a source of sound. Proc. Roy. Soc. 222(A), p. 1-34, London, 1954. com G. B. Whitham On kinematic waves. I. Flood movement in long rivers, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, A 229, 1955, p. 281–316, II A theory of traffic flow on long crowded roads, Proc. Roy.Soc. A 229, 1955, p. 317-345 Einführung in die Theorie der Fourieranalysis und der verallgemeinerten Funktionen. Bibliographisches Institut, Mannheim, 1966 (zuerst Cambridge 1958). Waves in Fluids, Cambridge University Press 1978, 2. Edição 2001, ISBN 0521010454 An informal introduction to theoretical fluid mechanics, Oxford 1986 Higher approximations in aerodynamics theory, Princeton 1960 Mathematical Biofluiddynamics, SIAM 1975
Bibliografia Lokenath Debnath Sir James Lighthill and Modern Fluid Mechanics, World Scientific 2008 David G. Crighton und T. J. Pedley: Michael James Lighthill (1924–1998). Notices of the AMS, Volume 46, No. 10, Nov. 1999 (Download s. Weblinks). M. J. Crocker: Sir James Lighthill and his Contributions to Science. Keynote Lecture, Sixth International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Dänemark, 1999 (Download s. Weblinks).
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