Josef Meixner

Josef Meixner
Josef Meixner
Born	24 April 1908; Percha, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	March 19, 1994 (aged 85); Aachen, Germany
Alma mater	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Known for	Meixner distribution; Meixner polynomials; Meixner–Pollaczek polynomials;
	Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	University of Giessen; Humboldt University of Berlin; RWTH Aachen University;
Thesis	Die Greensche Funktion des wellenmechanischen Keplerproblems (1931)
Doctoral advisor	Arnold Sommerfeld

Josef Meixner (24 April 1908 – 19 March 1994) was a German theoretical physicist, known for his work on the physics of deformable bodies, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, Meixner polynomials, Meixner–Pollaczek polynomials, and spheroidal wave functions.

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