Elliott Lieb(1932)
MathematicsElliott Hershel Lieb is an American mathematical physicist. He is a professor of mathematics and physics at Princeton University. Lieb's works pertain to quantum and classical many-body problem, atomic structure, the stability of matter, functional inequalities, the theory of magnetism and the Hubbard model.
United StatesPrinceton University
5
Major Awards
695
Publications
55,376
Citations
103
h-index
328
i10-index
79.7
Avg Citations/Paper
Awards & Recognition
Most Cited Works
Top publications by citation count#1
A Relation Between Pointwise Convergence of Functions and Convergence of Functionals Author ( s ) :
(2008)
0
citations
#3
Studies of the cytoplasmic inclusions containing desoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) in human rectal polypoid tumors including the familial hereditary type.
Acta genetica et statistica medica(1956)
14
citations
Recent Publications
View all worksStudies of the cytoplasmic inclusions containing desoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) in human rectal polypoid tumors including the familial hereditary type.
Acta genetica et statistica medica1956
14citations
Polysaccharide nature of corpora amylacea.
A.M.A. archives of pathology1952
18citations
Career History
Professor emeritus
Princeton University
Princeton, US
External Profiles
Career Path
Award progression over time
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Birmingham
Doctoral Advisors
Jennifer Tour ChayesJan Philip SolovejHorng-Tzer YauLászló ErdősRafael BenguriaLincoln ChayesRobert McCannGuang-Shan TianMichael FlickerPedro GoldbaumSam Edwards
Career Timeline
Massachusetts Institute of Technology?–present
Yeshiva University?–present
Positions & Roles
professor emeritus
Top Publications
Floating Wigner crystal with no boundary charge fluctuations
Physical Review B201933 citations
Proof of the Wehrl-type Entropy Conjecture for Symmetric $${SU(N)}$$ Coherent States
Communications in Mathematical Physics201617 citations
Simplified approach to the repulsive Bose gas from low to high densities and its numerical accuracy
Physical Review A202113 citations
On the extension of the FKG inequality to <i>n</i> functions
Journal of Mathematical Physics20223 citations
A trace inequality of Ando, Hiai, and Okubo and a monotonicity property of the Golden–Thompson inequality
Journal of Mathematical Physics20222 citations
Related Laureates
Other winners of the same award(s)
Luis Caffarelli
Abel Prize (2023)
Andrew Wiles
Copley Medal (2017)
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Peter Sarnak
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2024)
BG
Bryan Grenfell
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2024)
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Rashid Sunyaev
Bruce Medal (2022)
Svante Pääbo
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (2022)
Giorgio Parisi
Lorentz Medal (2022)
RS
Richard Stanley
Steele Prize (2022)
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