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Jan Solovej

Who

Jan Solovej · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist (mathematical physics)

When

1961, Copenhagen, Denmark

Where

Denmark

Biography

Jan Solovej is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist (mathematical physics)

How & why

Jan Philip Solovej is a Danish mathematician and mathematical physicist at the University of Copenhagen, known for rigorous results in the mathematical theory of quantum mechanics, including work on the stability of matter and quantum Coulomb systems; he earned his PhD at Princeton under Elliott Lieb. No Jewish background is documented for him in available biographical sources. He has held visiting positions at leading research institutes and is recognized internationally in his field.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

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Physicist (mathematical physics)

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics