Hans-Jürgen Borchers
Hans-Jürgen Borchers (born 24 January 1926, Hamburg, died September 10, 2011, in Göttingen) was a mathematical physicist at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen who worked on operator algebras and quantum field theory. He introduced Borchers algebras and the Borchers commutation relations and Borchers classes in quantum field theory. He was awarded the Max Planck Medal in 1994. Among his students is Jakob Yngvason.
Selected publications
References
- Fredenhagen, Klaus (1987), "A biographical sketch of Hans-Jürgen Borchers", in Jørgensen, Palle E. T.; Muhly, Paul S., Operator algebras and mathematical physics (Iowa City, Iowa, 1985), Contemp. Math., 62, Providence, R.I.: Amer. Math. Soc., pp. 5–8, ISBN 978-0-8218-5066-4
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Persondata |
Name |
Borchers, Hans-Jurgen |
Alternative names |
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Short description |
Physicist |
Date of birth |
24 January 1926 |
Place of birth |
Hamburg, Germany |
Date of death |
10 September 2011 |
Place of death |
Göttingen, Germany |