Michael C. Reed | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.S.,Yale Ph.D.,Stanford University |
| Employer | Duke University |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | On the Self-Adjointness of Quantum Fields and Hamiltonians (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ralph S. Phillips |
| Doctoral students | |
Michael Charles Reed is an American mathematician known for his contributions tomathematical physics andmathematical biology.
Reed first attendedYale University, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree. In 1969 he earned a PhD fromStanford University.[1] Since 1977 he has taught atDuke University, where he is the Bishop-MacDermott Professor of Mathematics.
To clarify the mathematics supporting the theories ofquantum mechanics, he joined withBarry Simon to publishMethods of Modern Mathematical Physics in four volumes during the 1970s. In a review, William Faris wrote
Subsequently, Reed has since worked predominantly in applications ofanalysis tobiology. He has described some of the challenges of the field.[3]
A conference in 2007[4]Applications of Analysis to Mathematical Biology honored Prof. Reed's sixty-fifth birthday; Prof. Simon was among the invited speakers. In 2012 he became a fellow of theAmerican Mathematical Society.[5]
Four volumes written withBarry Simon and published byAcademic Press:
