New Directions in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics: The Alexander V. Kazhikhov Memorial Volume

On November 3, 2005, Alexander Vasil’evich Kazhikhov left this world, untimely and unexpectedly. He was one of the most influential mathematicians in the mechanics of fluids, and will be remembered for his outstanding results that had, and still have, a c- siderably significant influence in the field.Amonghis manyachievements,werecall that he was the founder of the modern mathematical theory of the Navier-Stokes equations describing one- and two-dimensional motions of a viscous, compressibl...