Synge, J. L. 1897-1995
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Name (Latin)
Synge, J. L. 1897-1995
Other forms of name
Sing, Dzh. L
Synge, John L. (John Lighton), 1897-1995
Synge, John Lighton, 1897-1995
Synge, J. L. (John Lighton), 1897-
nna Synge, John Lighton, 1897-
Synge, John L. (John Lighton), 1897-
Date of birth
1897-03-23
Date of death
1995-03-30
Associated country
Canada
Ireland
United States
Occupation
Mathematicians
Physicists
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- Obshchai︠a︡ teorii︠a︡ otnositelʹnosti, 1963:t.p. (Dzh. L. Sing)
- John Lighton Synge, born March 23, 1897, died March 30, 1995; Irish mathematician and physicist; moved to Canada to teach at University of Toronto in 1920; returned to Ireland in 1925; returned to University of Toronto in 1930; moved to United States in 1943; returned to Ireland in 1948; taught John Nash in the Mathematics Department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh; contributed to classical mechanics, general mechanics and geometrical optics, gas dynamics, hydrodynamics, elasticity, electrical networks, mathematical methods, differential geometry, and Einstein's theory of relativity ( (Wikipedia, viewed June 28, 2016:) )
- Hamilton, W. R.The mathematical papers ... 1931-
- LC data base, 10-14-83(hdg.: Synge, John Lighton, 1897- ; usage: J.L. Synge, John L. Synge)