Abraham H. Taub

Abraham Taub
Born(1911-02-01)February 1, 1911
DiedAugust 9, 1999(1999-08-09) (aged 88)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Princeton University
Known forTaub Adiabat
AwardsFellow of the APS (1941)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis Quantum Equations in Cosmological Space[2]  (1935)
Doctoral advisorHoward P. Robertson
Doctoral studentsC. William Gear
Gene Golub

Abraham Haskel Taub (/tɔːb/; February 1, 1911 – August 9, 1999) was a distinguished American mathematician and physicist who made important contributions to the early development of general relativity, as well as differential geometry and differential equations.

  1. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year 1941 and institution University of Washington)
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