Arthur Wightman
American mathematician and physicist
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Arthur Strong Wightman was an American mathematical physicist. He was one of the founders of the axiomatic approach to quantum field theory, and originated the set of Wightman axioms. With his rigorous treatment of quantum field theories, he... Wikipedia
Born: March 30, 1922, Rochester, NY
Died: January 13, 2013 (age 90 years), Edison, NJ
Awards: Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1969) and Henri Poincaré Prize (1997)
Fields: Physics