Faculty Profile


Photograph of Richard Kleeman

Richard Kleeman

Professor of Mathematics and Atmosphere/Ocean Science
kleeman@cims.nyu.edu
212-998-3233
Warren Weaver Hall, Office 929

Education

Ph.D., Mathematical Physics, University of Adelaide, Australia, 1986.
B.S., Theoretical Physics, Australian National University, Australia, 1980.

Research Interests

I am interested in the unsolved problem of non-equilibrium statistical systems. I am also interested in using information theory to understand dynamical system predictability.

Selected Publications

R. Kleeman, "A path integral formalism for non-equilibrium Hamiltonian statistical systems", ArXiv:1307.1102
R. Kleeman and B.E. Turkington, "A nonequilibrium statistical model of spectrally truncated Burgers-Hopf dynamics", Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics, doi:10.1002/cpa.21498 (2013)
R. Kleeman, "Information theory and dynamical system predictability", Entropy 13, 612-649 (2011)