Constantin Piron
Constantin Piron (1932, Paris - 9 May 2012, Lausanne) was a Belgian physicist[1] who worked for most of his career in Switzerland.[2]
In 1963 Piron earned his doctor of science degree from the University of Lausanne under the direction of Ernst Stueckelberg and Josef-Maria Jauch with a thesis on quantum logic, "Axiomatique quantique". He developed Jauch's methods (called the Geneva approach) for the foundations of quantum mechanics.
Piron's theorem (1964)[3] is a famous representation theorem for quantum lattices.[citation needed]
He was appointed assistant professor in the physics department of the University of Geneva in 1969 and professor ordinarius in 1974. He retired in 2000.
Publications
[edit]- Observables in General Quantum Theory: Lectures Delivered at the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Institut de physique théorique, 1970
- Foundations of Quantum Physics,[4] W.A. Benjamin Inc., Massachusetts, 1976
- Mécanique quantique: bases et applications, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 1990
- Méthodes quantiques : Champs, N-corps, diffusion, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes.
References
[edit]- ↑ Aerts, Diederik (1994). "Constantin Piron at sixty-plus: Continuing a quest for the understanding of fundamental physical theories and the pursuit of their elaboration". Foundations of Physics. 24 (8): 1107–1111. Bibcode:1994FoPh...24.1107A. doi:10.1007/BF02057858.
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Constantin Piron | Taking up Spacetime". Takingupspacetime.wordpress.com. 16 May 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-12.
- ↑ Piron, C. (1964). "Axiomatique Quantique". Helvetica Physica Acta. 37: 439–468.
- ↑ Varadarajan, V. S. (1977). "Review: C. Piron, Foundations of quantum physics". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 83 (2): 226–231. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14275-4.
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