Fahmy Ibrahim Mikhail

Professor Fahmy Ibrahim Mikhail ( _ar. ‏ فهمي ابراهيم ميخائيل‏) (died December 1998) was one of Egypt's eminent mathematicians during the period between the 1950s and the 1980s. He was a professor of mathematics in the faculty of science in the Ain Shams University [ [http://www.springerlink.com/content/t67jt614pj416087/ Springer link] ] .

He graduated from Faculty of Science at Cairo University; where he was taught by Professor Moustafa Mosharafa who was the leading Egyptian mathematician at the time.

Research

Professor Mikhail gained his MSc from the University of Wales in 1949 and a PhD from University of London in 1952; afterwards he returned to Egypt where he was a professor of Mathematics at and at one stage the subdean of the Faculty of Science at Ain Shams University [ [http://www.hazemsakeek.com/vb/archive/index.php/t-274.html hazemsakeekin Arabic] ]

His work was mainly in the field of Albert Einstein work on the theory of relativity [ [http://www.citebase.org/search?submit=1&author=Mikhail%2C+F.+I. List of Prof Mikahil publications on citebase] ] and with his student and Later colleague Dr Mamdooh Wanas from Astronomy Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, on Generalized Field Theory [ [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0080-4630(19770926)356%3A1687%3C471%3AAGFTIF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C Proceedings of the Royal Society of London.] ] [ [http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9812086 Arxiv.org] ]

Professor Mikhail supervised many students during their research and his work was published in many international scientific journals [ [http://arxiv.org/find/gr-qc/1/au:+Mikhail_F/0/1/0/all/0/1 List of papers by Prof Mikhail on arxiv] ]

Personal life

Professor Mikhail was married and had one son Ibrahim and one daughter Susan.

He passed away in December 1998.

ee also

*List of Copts
*Ain Shams University

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