| LC control no. | n 50060965 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Keller, Joseph B. (Joseph Bishop), 1923-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Keller, Dzh. B. Keller, J. B. (Joseph Bishop), 1923-2016 Келлер, Дж. Б. |
| Birth date | 1923-07-31 |
| Death date | 2016-09-07 |
| Place of birth | Paterson (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Palo Alto (Calif.) |
| Field of activity | Mathematics Mechanical engineering |
| Affiliation | Stanford University New York University |
| Profession or occupation | Mathematicians College teachers |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated |
| Found in | His Reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves, 1948. OCLC, Feb. 25, 2010 (hdg.: Keller, Joseph Bishop, 1923-; usage: Joseph B. Keller, J. B. Keller) His Teorii︠a︡ vetvlenii︠a︡ i nelineĭnye zadachi na sobstvennye znachenii︠a︡, 1974: t.p. (Dzh. B. Keller) Information from 678 converted Dec. 11, 2014 (Ph.D.) Stanford news WWW site, viewed Sept. 15, 2016 (in obituary published Sept. 8: Joseph Bishop Keller; b. July 31, 1923, Paterson, N.J.; d. Sept. 7, Palo Alto, Calif., aged 93; applied mathematician; best known for his geometrical theory of diffraction, a method for describing the propagation, scattering and diffraction of waves, especially as they bend around the edges and corners of an obstacle; earned a PhD at New York University in 1948; remained there as a professor of mathematics until 1979, when he joined the Stanford faculty as a professor of mathematics and of mechanical engineering until 1993, when he earned emeritus status) |
| Associated language | eng |
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