Max Krook
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Max Krook was an American
United States
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 mathematician and astrophysicst.

He is remembered for his contribution to the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook
Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook
The Bhatnagar–Gross–Krook operator term refers to a collision operator used in the Boltzmann Equation and in the Lattice Boltzmann method, a Computational fluid dynamics technique...

 model.

Selected works

  • Functions of a Complex Variable: Theory and Technique, by George F. Carrier, Max Krook, and Carl E. Pearson, SIAM, 2005, ISBN 0-89871-595-4 (first edition: McGraw-Hill, 1966, ISBN 0070100896).
  • P. L. Bhatnagar
    Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar
    Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar , commonly addressed as P. L. Bhatnagar, was an Indian mathematician known for his contribution to the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook collision model used in Lattice Boltzmann methods .-Early years:...

    , E. P. Gross, and M. Krook, "A Model for Collision Processes in Gases. I. Small Amplitude Processes in Charged and Neutral One-Component Systems", Phys. Rev. 94, 511-525 (1954).
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