Francis Dominic Murnaghan (mathematician)

Francis Dominic Murnaghan (1873–1976) was an Irish mathematician, former head of the mathematics department at Johns Hopkins University. His name is attached to developments in group theory and mathematics applied to continuum mechanics (Murnaghan and Birch–Murnaghan equations of state).

He is the father of Francis Dominic Murnaghan, Jr., former U.S. federal judge.

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