Richard M. Friedberg

Richard Friedberg
Born8 October 1935 (1935-10-08) (age 89)
Alma materHarvard University
AwardsWilliam Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition (1956)
IEEE Evolutionary Computation Pioneer Award (2004)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsBarnard College
Columbia University
Doctoral advisorTsung-Dao Lee

Richard M. Friedberg (born October 8, 1935) is a theoretical physicist who has contributed to a wide variety of problems in mathematics and physics. These include mathematical logic, number theory, solid state physics, general relativity,[2] particle physics, quantum optics, genome research,[3] and the foundations of quantum physics.[4]

  1. ^ "2004 Pioneer Award - Richard M. Friedberg". Proceedings of the 2004 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE Cat No 04TH8753) CEC-04. 2004. pp. xi. doi:10.1109/CEC.2004.1330827. ISBN 0-7803-8515-2. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  2. ^ “Derivation of Regge’s Action from Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity”, R. Friedberg and T. D. Lee, Nucl. Phys. B 242, 145 (1984).
  3. ^ “Efficient Sorting of Genomic Permutation...” S. Yancopoulos, O. Attie, Friedberg, Bioinformatics vol. 21, pp 3352-59 (2005)
  4. ^ “Compatible Quantum Theory”, R. Friedberg, P.C. Hohenberg, Rep. Prog. Phys. 77, 2014, 092001 - 092035; “What is Quantum Mechanics? A Minimal Formulation R. Friedberg, P. C. Hohenberg”, Published by Springer-Verlag 21 February 2018 by Springer-Verlag in Foundations of Physics, Feb 21, page 1 (2018)