Pavel Winternitz
{{Short description|Czech-Canadian mathematical-physicist (1936–2021)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Pavel Winternitz
| image = Pavel Winternitz 1936-2021.jpg
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| alt = Pavel Winternitz
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1936|07|25}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|02|13|1936|07|25}}
| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| citizenship = Canadian and Czech Republic
| fields = Mathematical Physics
| workplaces = Université de Montreal
| alma_mater = Saint Petersburg University, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
| doctoral_advisor = J. A. Smorodinsky
| thesis_title = Lorentz group and relativistic symmetries in elementary particle theory
| thesis_year = 1966
| doctoral_students = Luc Vinet
| known_for = Symmetries in physics, super-integrable systems, symmetries of continuous and discrete systems
| awards = CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Wigner medal
| website = {{URL|http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/~wintern/}}
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Pavel Winternitz (July 25, 1936 – February 13, 2021) was a Czech-born Canadian mathematical physicist. He completed undergraduate studies at Prague University
and received a doctorate from Leningrad University (Ph.D. 1962) under the supervision of J. A. Smorodinsky.
His research is on integrable systems and symmetries.
Life and career
Winternitz was a member of the Mathematical Physics group at the Centre de recherches mathématiques (CRM), a national research centre in mathematics at the Université de Montréal and Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Université de Montréal.
His work has had a strong impact in several domains of mathematical physics, and his publications are very widely cited.
In 2001, he was recipient of the CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
In 2018, he was recipient of the Wigner medal.
Winternitz died in Montreal on February 13, 2021, at the age of 84.[https://montrealgazette.remembering.ca/obituary/pavel-winternitz-1081632986 Obituary in the Montreal Gazette]
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External links
- [http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/en/ Centre de recherches mathématiques]
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- [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C14&q=p+winternitz&btnG= P Winternitz publications in Google Scholar]
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Category:Mathematical physicists
Category:Theoretical physicists
Category:Canadian mathematicians
Category:Scientists from Prague
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