Carlos Graef Fernandez, Mexican mathematician and physicist (Guanaceví, Durango State 25 February 1911 – Ciudad de Mexico 13 January 1988) From German descent Authored 17 papers Performed important works about gravitation His
doctoral thesis in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) about periodic
paths of cosmic rays gained international level (1935) Demonstrated that there is a number of possible
motions in the plane of magnetic equator of Earth Obtained simple mathematical formulas to
describe equatorial periodic orbits First to treat a problem of differential
equations in three dimensions (1940) Gave an explanation about curvature of luminous rays and the red shift to spectral rays Solved the problem of two-body in gravitational theory
HONORS National Science Prize, American Mathematical Society (1970) |
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