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Includes a biography comparing him with other contemporaries of his, references and quotations.
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Hermite Click the picture above to see four larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Charles Hermite's father was Ferdinand Hermite and his mother was Madeleine Lallemand. Ferdinand Hermite was a trained...A brief biography of Cartan and exposition of his work in applied topology.
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Cartan's Corner Elie Cartan W site is dedicated to certain applications of Cartan's methods to problems of dissipative, radiative, irreversible systems. Although emphasis herein has been placed on hydrodynamic, thermodynamic, and electromagnetic applications, Cartan's techniques can be used on micro and cosmological scales as...A short history of the life and work of Sophus Lie, whose work, Lie groups, has applications in quantum mechanics in relativity.
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Journal of Lie Theory Journal of Lie Theory Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 1-38 (1999) Sophus Lie: A Sketch of his Life and Work B. Fritzsche Margaretenstr. 8 D-04315 Leipzig Germany Full text of the article: Compressed DVI file (47383 Bytes) Compressed Postscript file...
The mathematician who developed Hankel functions and the Hankel transform.
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Hankel Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Hermann Hankel's father was Wilhelm Gottlieb Hankel who was a physicist at Halle at the time Hermann...The mathematician whose work with coordinate transformations is still common in mathematical physics
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Jacobi Click the picture above to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Carl Jacobi came from a Jewish family but he was given the French style name Jacques Simon...A short biography on the man who invented the Fourier series and transforms.
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Fourier Click the picture above to see four larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Joseph Fourier's father was a tailor in Auxerre. After the death of his first wife, with whom...Inventor of Green's functions. Biography, papers, bibliographical references, archival material at University of Nottingham,
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George Green: Redirect Green pages have been moved to: http www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/gg/ If you are not automatically redirected (there's a 15-second delay to let you see this text please follow the link. Return to the School of Physics and Astronomy's Welcome page Dr M...The mathematician who analysed the orbit of Uranus and predicted a possible extra planet.
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Delambre Click the picture above to see three larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre's father was a draper. The name Delambre is a form of de Lambre which probably...A short biography on Volterra and his work in differential equations and mathematical physics.
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Volterra Click the picture above to see six larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Vito Volterra's interest in mathematics started at the age of 11 when he began to study Legendre's...A short biography on the mathematician who created Stokes's theorem
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Stokes Click the picture above to see eight larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing George Stokes father, Gabriel Stokes, was the Protestant minister of the parish of Skreen in County Sligo....A biography of the Mathematican who worked on differential equations and created the form now call Sturm-Liouville equations.
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Sturm Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Charles-Franois Sturm's father was Jean-Henri Sturm whose family came from Strasbourg to settle in Geneva about 50...The mathematician who developed Sturm-Liouville differential equations.
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Liouville Click the picture above to see two larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Joseph Liouville's father was an army captain in Napoleon's army so Joseph had to spend the first...Brief biography and summary of his works.
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He certainly came from a wealthy family who lived in Paris, and he was given a top quality education in mathematics and physics at the Collge Mazarin. At the age of 18, Legendre defended his thesis in mathematics and physics...Professor of Theoretical Physics in the New Delhi Institute of Technology. He is interested in a new concept of space-time in physics: his preferred approach is Bumpter Theory.
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John F.Shalman I am a theoretical physicist. Topics I have worked on in the past include the connections between particle physics and cosmology, properties of topological defects, nonperturbative phenomena in quantum field theory, and quantum aspects of the early universe and of...Research in mathematical aspects of supersymmetry; also personal interests.
http://www.math.uni-mannheim.de/~duplij
A biography including quotations from his writings and contemporary articles.
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Green After serving his apprenticeship to a baker in Nottingham George Green Senior had married Sarah Butler (the mathematician's mother) in 1791 and Sarah's father had helped George Green Senior to buy his own bakery in Wheatsheaf Yard in Nottingham. George...Includes a brief biography and a reference list.
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Cartan Click the picture above to see two larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Elie Cartan's mother was Anne Cottaz and his father was Joseph Cartan who was a blacksmith. The...Includes a brief biography and bibliography.
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Laguerre Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next BiographiesIndex Previous (Alphabetically) Next Mainindex Version for printing Edmond Laguerre had poor health as a boy and this impeded his studies. His parents were forced...Perturbation methods, nonlinear waves, acoustics, fluid and solid mechanics, multiphase flow.
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Prof. Damir Khismatullin Physics and doctoral studies in Physics and Mathematics (Application of mathematical modeling, mathematical methods and computer facilities in scientific research) were completed at the Bashkir State University (Ufa, Russia) in 1998. I was awarded by the NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship in...Department of Biological Physics. Eötvös Loránd University. Budapest, Hungary. Specializes in statistical physics.
http://angel.elte.hu/~vicsek/
Courant Institute of Mathematical Physics, New York University. Research in mathematical physics, solitons, fractals, theory and applications. Papers downloadable online.
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Solitons, Optical Solitons, Research Interests, Vladimir Khasilev, Courant Institute, NYU, guestbook, papers, resume Method for matrix and multidimensional operators Generalization of the Lax Method for noninteger dimension and fractal media Fractional Calculus: Derivatives, Integrals and Operators of Fractional Order Fractal Geometry Unification of the Theory of Solitons, Fractals and Fractional Calculus Solitons in...Overview of the life and works of the man who has given many topological (and other) contributions to mathematical physics.
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V.I.Arnold The following documents are available: Curriculum Vitae Papers List of publications. On-line papers. Seminars Arnold's seminar in Moscow. Arnold's seminar in Paris. Letters to the Moscow seminar: 19-Feb-98 Other Internet pages of V.I.Arnold: At Independent University of Moscow At Phasis...Rutgers University. Research on string theory and M-theory, with a particular emphasis on the underlying mathematical structures and applications to and from modern mathematics.
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Home page of Greg Moore Moore focuses on string theory and M-theory, with a particular emphasis on the underlying mathematical structures and applications to and from modern mathematics. Specific research interests include: The theory of D-branes, particularly the topological issues related to D-branes such as...University of Wollongong. Non-linear chemical dynamics.
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Mark Nelson's Home Page Short articles on combustion-related topics. My collaborators. Miscellaneous Reviews of books on nonlinear mathematics. Non-academic material. Photographs. Photograph by Ian Svegovic Read the story behind the photograph. You can read a university profile on my research, emphasising the multidiscipline nature...A list of personal web pages related to symmetries and integrability.
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Links to symmetries and integrability Personal web pages related to symmetries, integrability and all that [A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z] A Paul Abbott Mina...University of California Riverside. Research interests: quantum gravity and n-categories. Regular column on "This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics".
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John Baez's Stuff I specialize in quantum gravity and n-categories, but I'm interested in many other things too. I like talking about them here. What's New? In week222 of This Week's Finds you can learn about short gamma-ray bursts, a black hole without...University of York. Quantum field theory and mathematical physics, particularly interested in Integrable Quantum Field Theories with a Boundary. Publications, talks, teaching material, meetings.
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Gustav W Delius I am a quantum field theorist and mathematical physicist. I am currently particularly interested in Integrable Quantum Field Theories with a Boundary List of Publications List of recent talks List of recent conferences Summary of past Research (up to 1999)...University of Exeter. Recent work on coupled systems and theoretical neuroscience. Publications and preprints.
http://www.secsm.ex.ac.uk/~jonb/
Applications of mathematics to physics problems drawn from a career in industry.
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Main page and resume of David I. Feinstein I have found a niche in the world outside academia. That niche is in problem formulation, which is the place where you conceive a data representation and derive the equations that characterize a situation. My Resume Some Interesting Problems in...IEEC/CSIC. Random matrix theory, quantum groups and zeta functions. Publications, resources.
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Mathematical Physics Miguel TIERZ I hope you enjoy this webpage. Here you will mainly find information about my research. Any type of comment will be greatly appreciated. In any case, you can always send me an email Miguel Tierz Intro Research Description Research Articles...University of Zaragoza. Publications, resources.
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HOMEPAGE OF JESUS GOMEZ-GARDEES Position PhD student at University of Zaragoza Adresss Facultad de Ciencias. Departamento de Fsica de la Materia Condensada. 50009 Zaragoza SPAIN gardenes@unizar.es Phone 976 763432 Research interest Publications Curriculum Vitae Links Photos...