Ralph S. Phillips Scientist

Ralph Saul Phillips (23 June 1913 – 23 November 1998) was an American mathematician and academic known for his contributions to functional analysis, scattering theory, and servomechanisms. He served as a Professor of mathematics at Stanford University. He made major contributions to acoustical scattering theory in collaboration with Peter Lax, proving remarkable results on local energy decay and the connections between poles of the scattering matrix and the analytic properties of the resolvent. With Lax, he coauthored the widely referred book on scattering theory titled Scattering Theory for Automorphic Functions. Phillips received the 1997 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 23, 1913
Birth place
Oakland California
Nationality
United States
Date of deathNovember 23, 1998
Education
University of California Los Angeles
University of Michigan
Known for
Scattering theory

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
Theophil Henry Hildebrandt
doctoral student
Field of study
Functional analysis

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External resources

  1. http://www.springerlink.com/content/y0ng4hvmhgnlymw5