Francisco Mendes de Oliveira Castro, Brazilian mathematician (Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro 19 May 1902 – Rio de Janeiro 30 May 1993) Brother
of biologist Gustavo Mendes de Oliveira Castro Solved the Volterra integral equation using iterated nuclei method that earned him world renown Zur theorie der dielektrischen
Nachwirkung . Z. Physik Sonderabdruck 114(1-2):116-26, 1939 Solved the Schrödinger equation for
harmonic oscillator in finite differences Showed that random distribution of nucleons under interactions is ruled by Poisson distribution Poisson statistics and the
diffusion-equation of nucleons and charged pions in the atmosphere. An. Acad.
Bras. Ciencias 49, 1977 With
H.M. Portella & N. Arata. Exact solution
of the diffusion equation of cosmic-ray nucleons with rising cross section With
C. Lattes, N.M. Amato, W.A. Rodrigues Jr., J.B. Filho, J.L. Cardoso, J.A.
Chinellato, Y. Fujimoto & N. Arata. New type of nuclear interaction in the Σ Eγ ≥1014 eV Region. AIP
Conf. Proc. 49, 1978 With H.M. Portella, N.M. Amato & R.C.H. Maldonado. An alternative method to solve the hadronic cosmic-ray diffusion equations: the muon and neutrino fluxes. J. Phys. A Math.Gen. 27:539-45, 1994 Son of his cousin, Gilberto Mendes de Oliveira Castro, cellular biophysicist (Rio de Janeiro 20 August 1940 – Rio de Janeiro 05 August 2015) Demonstrated the formation of communicating junctions in lecythin-stimulated human lymphocytes With M.A. Barcinski & S. Cukierman. Intercellular communication in stimulated human lymphocytes. J. Immunol. 111:1616-9, 1973 Characterized the ionic basis of electric signals of macrophages membrane With P.M. Persechini & E.G. Araújo. Electrophysiology of phagocytic membranes induction of slow membrane hyperpolarizations in macrophages polykaryons by a pot+2 injection. J. Memb. Biol. 61:81-90, 1981 With E.G. Araújo & P.M. Persechini. Electrophysiology of phagocytic membranes: role of divalent cations in membrane hyperpolarizations of macrophage polykaryons. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 856:362-72, 1986 With C. Albuquerque, S.M.C. Oliveira, R. Coutinho Silva & P.M. Persechini. ATP-and UTP-induced currents in macrophages and macrophages polykaryons. Amer. J. Physiol. 265 (6Pt1):C1663-73, 1993 OTHERS With W.R. Loewenstein. Junctional membrane permeability: effects of divalent cations. J. Memb. Biol. 5:51-77, 1971 A method of emptying and examining glass microelectrodes under the electron microscope With R.D. Machado. Control of glass microelectrodes for intracellular recordings. Experientia 25:556-8, 1969 |
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