Asim Orhan Barut
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Asım Orhan Barut was a Turkish
-American
theoretical physicist.
at the University of Colorado at Boulder
. His research interests centered on of group theoretic methods
in physics. His books include Theory of the Scattering Matrix, Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Particles and Fields and Representations of Noncompact Groups and Applications.
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
-American
United States
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theoretical physicist.
Biography
Barut was a professor of physicsPhysics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
at the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
. His research interests centered on of group theoretic methods
Group theory
In mathematics and abstract algebra, group theory studies the algebraic structures known as groups.The concept of a group is central to abstract algebra: other well-known algebraic structures, such as rings, fields, and vector spaces can all be seen as groups endowed with additional operations and...
in physics. His books include Theory of the Scattering Matrix, Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Particles and Fields and Representations of Noncompact Groups and Applications.