Charles Angas Hurst

Charles Angas Hurst (22 September 1923 - 19 October 2011^[1]) AM, PhD, Hon DSc (Melb), was an Australian mathematical physicist noted for his work in Lattice models, Quantum field theory, Asymptotic expansions and Lie groups. His PhD was a seminal work on Quantum field theory, developing asymptotic expansions for perturbation expansions. In 1952 Hurst represented Australia in the inaugural International Mathematical Union.

Hurst's work with Herbert Green^[2] on lattice problems and the Ising model led to the Free fermion field model,^[3] which contained all known properties of Fermions at the time of its publication. Hurst's work with Thirring (Thirring model) found the simplest non-linear field and is still used as a test model for perturbation theory.

References

1. ^ http://www.onlinetributes.com.au/Charles_Hurst
2. ^ "AAS-Biographical memoirs-Green". Science.org.au. Archived from the original on 2008-07-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20080722141012/http://science.org.au/academy/memoirs/green.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 
3. ^ http://scitation.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=JCPSA6000033000004001059000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes

External links

• Hurst's mathematical genealogy

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Name	Hurst, Charles Angas
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Date of birth	1923-09-22
Place of birth
Date of death	2011-10-19
Place of death	Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide