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Taub, A. H., 1911-1999

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Personal name headingTaub, A. H., 1911-1999
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Variant(s)Taub, Abraham Haskel, 1911-1999
Taub, Abe H. (Abe Haskel), 1911-1999
Taub, A. (Abraham), 1911-1999
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date19110201
Death date19990809
Place of birthChicago (Ill.)
Field of activityMathematics
Physics
General relativity (Physics)
Geometry, Differential
Differential equations
Profession or occupationMathematicians
Physicists
Found inHis Quantum equations ... 1937.
LC database, 12-21-88 (hdg.: Taub, Abraham Haskel, 1911- ; usage: A. Taub; Abraham Taub; A.H. Taub)
NUCMC data from Univ. of Ill. at Urbana-Champaign Archives for McVittie, G.C. Papers, 1928-1975 (Abe H. Taub)
OCLC, December 1, 2014 (access point: Taub, Abraham Haskel, 1911- ; usage: A.H. Taub; A. Taub; Abraham H. Taub)
Wikipedia, viewed December 1, 2014 (Abraham H. Taub (Abraham Haskel "Abe" Taub); born February 1, 1911 in Chicago; died August 9, 1999; was a distinguished American mathematician and physicist, well known for his important contributions to the early development of general relativity, as well as differential geometry and differential equations; he introduced a relativistic generalization of the Rankine-Hugoniot jump conditions across a shock, which is now known as the Taub Adiabat; he also introduced the Taub-NUT space in general relativity)
Associated languageeng