David Fairlie

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David B. Fairlie (born in South Queensferry, Scotland, 1935) is a British

theoretical physicist
, Professor Emeritus at the
University of Durham (UK).[1]

He was educated in mathematical physics at the University of Edinburgh (BSc 1957), and he earned a PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1960, under the supervision of John Polkinghorne. After postdoctoral training at Princeton University and Cambridge, he was lecturer in St. Andrews (1962–64) and at Durham University (1964), retiring as Professor (2000).

He has made numerous influential contributions[2] in particle and mathematical physics, notably in the early formulation of

gauge theories
, [6] higher-dimensional gauge theories,[7] and
deformation quantization.[8]

He has co-authored several volumes, notably[9][10] on quantum mechanics in phase space.

References

  1. ^ Prof Fairlie's University of Durham web-page
  2. ^ Prof Fairlie's physics publications are available on the INSPIRE Database [1] and the GoogleCite database [2].
  3. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(75)90125-X
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  4. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90434-9
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  5. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(89)91418-4
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  6. doi:10.1016/0370-2693(77)90808-5
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  7. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(83)90244-4
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  8. doi:10.1017/S0305004100038068
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  9. ISBN 978-981-238-384-6
    [3].
  10. ISBN 9789814520430



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