Draft:Robert T. Sharp
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Comment: As requested earlier, you have to prove notability. Ldm1954 (talk) 22:46, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: If I reviewed this now it would be a decline. It is better than the first version, but you do not prove notability -- this has to be done. Did he receive major society awards? What is his h-factor? Beyond saying that he was a nice guy, does anyone say he was a major player? Please read carefully the criteria for academics, WP:NPROF Ldm1954 (talk) 21:31, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: Likely meets WP:NPROF but needs either (1) to be written in a neutral tone, or (2) promotional language needs to be sourced to reliable and secondary sources. Bobby Cohn (talk) 23:17, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
Robert T. Sharp (1922–2001) was a mathematical physicist who pioneered the application of group theory in physics.[1] Sharp started the tradition of the use of algebraic and group theoretical methods in mathematical physics.[2] He held positions at the University of Alberta and McGill University and collaborated with Jiří Patera and Pavel Winternitz at the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques (CRM). Until his retirement from McGill, he held a chair as MacDonald Professor of Physics.[3]
Sharp's early work focused on nuclear and elementary particle physics. He published a paper in 1953 on approximate wave functions for unbound relativistic particles in a Coulomb field.[4] He made contributions to group theory by developing a simple method for calculating Clebsch-Gordan coefficients.[5] He and his collaborators and students applied this method to the group SU(3), which plays a crucial role in the classification of hadrons.[1] Sharp solved the missing label problem, which arises when dealing with representations of Lie groups.[6] His innovative approach provided a systematic way to specify quantum numbers in group theoretical calculations.[1] He also worked on applications of non-compact groups and the development of methods for classifying their subgroups.[1] Sharp wrote a series of articles on generating functions in group representation theory.[7] Most of the known generating functions were calculated in papers written by Sharp and his collaborators.[2]
In 1994, a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Physics was dedicated to Sharp on the occasion of his 70th birthday.[1] Following his death, a Workshop on Symmetry in Physics was held at the Centre de Recherches Mathématiques, Université de Montreal, from September 12-14, 2002, with the Proceedings dedicated to Sharp's legacy.[8]
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[edit]- ^ a b c d e Patera, J.; Winternitz, P. (1994). "Preface, Group theory in Physics: A special issue to honour Dr. Robert T. Sharp on his 70th birthday". Canadian Journal of Physics. 72: 7-8, viii.
- ^ a b Patera, Jiří; Winternitz, Pavel (2002). Preface, Symmetry in Physics: In memory of Robert T. Sharp. CRM Proceedings and Lecture Notes (PDF). Vol. 34. American Mathematical Society. pp. vii. ISBN 978-0-8218-3409-1.
- ^ "Obituary of Robert-Thomas Sharp". Your Folks.com - Geneology Made Simple. October 3, 2001. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ Horton, G.K.; Sharp, R.T. (February 1953). "Approximate Wave Functions for Unbound Relativistic Particles in a Coulomb Field". Physical Review. 89 (4): 885. doi:10.1103/PhysRev.89.885.
- ^ Sharp, R.T. (February 1960). "Simple derivation of the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients". American Journal of Physics. 28 (2): 116-118. doi:10.1119/1.1935073.
- ^ Peccia, J.; Sharp, R.T. (1976). "Number of independent missing label operators". Journal of Mathematical Physics. 17 (July): 1313–1314.
- ^ Patera, J.; Sharp, R. T. (1979). "Generating functions for characters of group representations and their application". Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 94. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 175–183. doi:10.1007/3-540-09238-2_46. ISBN 978-3-540-09238-4.
- ^ Winternitz, P.; Harnad, J.; Lam, C.S.; Patera, J., eds. (March 2002). Symmetry in Physics: In memory of Robert T. Sharp. CRM Proceedings and Lecture Notes (PDF). Vol. 34. American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-3409-1.
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