Gregory Wannier
Swiss physicist (1911–1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gregory Hugh Wannier (1911–1983) was a Swiss physicist.[1] He developed a complete set of orthogonal functions known as the Wannier functions[2][3] which became tools of the trade for solid-state theorists. He also had made contributions to ferromagnetic theory via the Ising model. The Kramers–Wannier duality yields the exact location of the critical point for the Ising model on the square lattice.[4]
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Gregory Wannier | |
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Born | Gregory Hugh Wannier (1911-12-30)30 December 1911 Basel, Switzerland |
Died | 21 October 1983(1983-10-21) (aged 71) Oregon, US |
Alma mater | University of Basel |
Known for | Wannier equation Wannier function Wannier–Mott exciton Kramers–Wannier duality Geometrical frustration Transfer-matrix method |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Solid-state physics Statistical mechanics |
Institutions | Bell Labs Socony-Vacuum Oil Company University of Oregon |
Doctoral advisor | Ernst Stueckelberg Eugene Wigner |
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