Harry Nyquist

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electrical engineer engineer person physicist

Harry Nyquist was a Swedish-American engineer and physicist whose pioneering work in information theory, telecommunications, and control systems laid foundational principles such as the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem and Nyquist stability criterion.

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instanceOf electrical engineer ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived IEEE Medal of Honor ⓘ
birthDate 1889-02-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Nilsby, Värmland County, Sweden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1976-04-04 ⓘ
educatedAt University of North Dakota ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Bell Telephone Laboratories ⓘ
surface form: AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories

American Telephone and Telegraph Company ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Swedish ⓘ
familyName Harry Nyquist self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nyquist
fieldOfWork communication theory ⓘ
control theory ⓘ
electrical engineering ⓘ
information theory ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
givenName Harry ⓘ
hasNationality Swedish-American ⓘ
influenced Claude Shannon ⓘ
Norbert Wiener ⓘ
Rudolf E. Kálmán ⓘ
knownFor analysis of thermal noise in electrical circuits ⓘ
formulation of sampling criteria for band-limited signals ⓘ
foundational contributions to information theory ⓘ
foundational contributions to telecommunications engineering ⓘ
stability analysis of feedback control systems ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
memberOf American Physical Society ⓘ
Institute of Radio Engineers ⓘ
name Harry Nyquist self-link ⓘ
notableWork 1928 paper "Certain Topics in Telegraph Transmission Theory" ⓘ
Nyquist plot ⓘ
Nyquist rate concept ⓘ
Nyquist stability criterion ⓘ
Nyquist theorem ⓘ
surface form: Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem

Thermal noise and Johnson–Nyquist noise theory ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
workLocation Murray Hill, New Jersey ⓘ
surface form: Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States of America

New York ⓘ
surface form: New York, United States of America

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Bode → influencedBy → Harry Nyquist ⓘ
subject surface form: Hendrik Wade Bode
Harry Nyquist → name → Harry Nyquist self-link ⓘ