Robert D. Richtmyer
Robert Davis Richtmyer (October 10, 1910 – September 24, 2003) was an American physicist, mathematician, educator, author, and musician.
Robert Davis Richtmyer | |
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Richtmyer in 1946 | |
| Born | October 10, 1910 |
| Died | September 24, 2003 (aged 92) |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen Cornell University M.I.T. |
| Known for | Dielectric resonator antenna Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code Richtmyer method Richtmyer–Meshkov instability Lax–Richtmyer theorem |
| Awards | Leroy P. Steele Prize (1990) Guggenheim Fellowship (1961) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Stanford University University of Colorado at Boulder |
| Thesis | Quantum Mechanical Study of Multiple-Ionization Collisions of a Fast Electron with an Atom (1935) |
| Doctoral advisor | John C. Slater |
| Doctoral students | George Logemann |
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