José Enrique Moyal
José Enrique Moyal (born October 1, 1910 in Jerusalem , † May 22, 1998 in Canberra ) was an Australian mathematician and physicist .
Life
He worked in the field of mathematical physics . He made a contribution to explaining the phase space with the help of statistical formulas and made suggestions regarding the Weyl quantization . His work also included special derivatives of the Poisson bracket and a reformulation of the Heisenberg picture .
He grew up in Palestine and studied in France. After his first professional positions in Belfast and Manchester, he came to Australia in 1958 and worked at the Australian National University . Then he went to Chicago to the Argonne National Laboratory before becoming a math professor at Macquarie University for five years . In 1997 he received an honorary doctorate from the Australian National University. The Moyal Medal is named after him, an award from Macquarie University.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Macquarie University: Moyal medal and lecture, overview
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| SURNAME | Moyal, José Enrique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian physicist and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 1, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jerusalem |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 22, 1998 |
| Place of death | Canberra |