Pascual Jordan
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German physicist and politician (1902-1980)
Key facts
- Born
- Ernst Pascual Jordan , 18 October 1902, Hannover , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Died
- 31 July 1980 (1980-07-31) (aged 77), Hamburg , West Germany
- Education
- Technical University of Hannover , University of Göttingen
- Known for
- Quantum mechanics , Quantum field theory , Canonical commutation relation , Matrix mechanics , Neutrino theory of light , Zero-energy universe , Skew lattice , Jordan algebra , Jordan–Brans–Dicke theory , Jordan and Einstein frames , Jordan map , Jordan–Wigner transformation , Pauli–Jordan function
- Awards
- Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award (1937), Max Planck Medal (1942), Konrad Adenauer Prize (1971)
- Fields
- Theoretical physics
- Institutions
- University of Rostock , University of Berlin , University of Hamburg
- Doctoral advisor
- Max Born
- Doctoral students
- Jürgen Ehlers , Engelbert Schücking , Wolfgang Kundt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Jordan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hanover
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Position held
- member of the German Bundestag
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Employer
- Luftwaffe
- Political party
- Christian Democratic Union
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Notable work
- Jordan–Wigner transformation
- Academic degree
- professor
- Doctoral advisor
- Max Born
- Field of work
- theoretical physics
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- Luftwaffe
- Image
- Pascual Jordan 1920s.jpg
- Work location
- Rostock
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- Erdős number
- 4
- date of birth
- 1902-10-18
- date of death
- 1980-07-31
- member of
- Sturmabteilung
- Commons category
- Pascual Jordan
- name in native language
- Pascual Jordan
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Physics
- place of burial
- Ohlsdorf Cemetery
- catalog code
- 11001032
- birth name
- Ernst Pascual Jordan
- pseudonym
- Ernst Domeier
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- P8168
- Alloclita delozona
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernst Pascual Jordan ( German: [ˈɛʁnst pasˈku̯al ˈjɔʁdan]; 18 October 1902 – 31 July 1980) was a German theoretical and mathematical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He contributed much to the mathematical form of matrix mechanics, and developed canonical anticommutation relations for fermions. He introduced Jordan algebras in an effort to formalize quantum field theory; the algebras have since found numerous applications within mathematics.
Jordan joined the Nazi Party in 1933, but did not follow the Deutsche Physik movement, which at the time rejected quantum physics developed by Albert Einstein and other Jewish physicists. After the Second World War, he entered politics for the conservative party CDU and served as a member of parliament from 1957 to 1961.
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