Arthur Strong Wightman (March 30, 1922 – January 13, 2013) was an American mathematical physicist. He was one of the founders of the axiomatic approach...
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In mathematical physics, the Wightman axioms (also called Gårding–Wightman axioms), named after Arthur Wightman, are an attempt at a mathematically rigorous...
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Wightman may refer to: Andrew Wightman (born 1967), Australian water polo player Andy Wightman (born 1963), Scottish politician and writer Arthur Wightman...
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from Princeton University in 1981. He was advised by the physicist Arthur Wightman. During the summers of 1986, 1987, and 1988, Sokal taught mathematics...
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of axioms for quantum field theories, known as the Wightman axioms, were proposed by Arthur Wightman in the early 1950s. These axioms attempt to describe...
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subsequently generalized by a number of authors, notably Dick Hall and Arthur Wightman, who concluded that no single, universal Hilbert space representation...
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certain observables. It was originally introduced by Gian Carlo Wick, Arthur Wightman, and Eugene Wigner to impose additional restrictions to quantum theory...
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Spencer, John R. Stallings, Norman Steenrod, John Tate, John Tukey, Arthur Wightman, and Andrew Wiles. Since 2012, the chair of the department has been...
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Wightman, Arthur S. (2000). PCT, Spin & Statistics, and All That (5th ed.). Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-07062-8. Jabs, Arthur (2010)...
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Misner, Kip Thorne, William Unruh, Robert M. Wald, Katharine Way, and Arthur Wightman. Wheeler gave teaching high priority, and continued to teach freshman...
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