Jerome Percus
Jerome Percus · Science & Medicine
Physicist; the Percus-Yevick equation in liquid state theory
1926, New York City, United States — 2021, United States
United States
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Jerome K. Percus was an American physicist and mathematician at NYU's Courant Institute who, with George Yevick, derived the Percus–Yevick equation, a cornerstone approximation in the statistical mechanics of classical liquids. He spent more than six decades at Courant and also contributed to mathematical biology. He is listed among Jewish physicists.
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Physicist; the Percus-Yevick equation in liquid state theory
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