Pavel Winternitz
Pavel Winternitz | |
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| Born | July 25, 1936 |
| Died | February 13, 2021 (aged 84) |
| Citizenship | Canadian and Czech Republic |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg University, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia |
| 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 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical Physics |
| Institutions | Université de Montreal |
| Thesis | Lorentz group and relativistic symmetries in elementary particle theory (1966) |
| Doctoral advisor | J. A. Smorodinsky |
| Doctoral students | Luc Vinet |
| Website | www |
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.