C. L. Pekeris

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C. L. Pekeris was a prominent mathematician and geophysicist known for his contributions to seismology, ocean acoustics, and computational physics.

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instanceOf geophysicist
mathematician
person
physicist
awardReceived Goldman Prize of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED
Vetlesen Prize NERFINISHED
Weizmann Prize NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Israel
United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey NERFINISHED
Weizmann Institute of Science NERFINISHED
familyName Pekeris NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork applied mathematics
atmospheric physics
computational physics
geophysics
hydrodynamics
ocean acoustics
seismology
gender male
givenName Chaim NERFINISHED
Haim NERFINISHED
knownFor Pekeris approximation in quantum mechanics NERFINISHED
Pekeris waveguide NERFINISHED
applications of numerical methods to geophysical problems
languageOfWorkOrName English
Hebrew
memberOf Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities NERFINISHED
National Academy of Sciences
surface form: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
notableFor Pekeris waveguide model in ocean acoustics NERFINISHED
early use of electronic computers in physics
high-precision calculations of the helium atom energy levels
studies of the Earth’s normal modes
theory of tsunami propagation
work on surface waves in seismology
positionHeld head of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the Weizmann Institute of Science
researchInterest Earth structure
acoustic waveguides
quantum mechanical few-body problems
wave propagation in layered media

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William Bowie Medal notableRecipient C. L. Pekeris