Jeffrey B. Rauch (born 29 November 1945,

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) is an American

mathematical physicist Mathematical physics refers to the development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the developmen ...

, specializing in partial differential equations. Rauch obtained his bachelor's degree from

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in 1967, and his Ph.D. from

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in 1971 (with

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as advisor). He is a fellow of the

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. He is also an author of textbooks.

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Jeffrey Rauch's web page on University of Michigan web site
1945 births Living people Mathematical physicists Harvard University alumni Fellows of the American Mathematical Society New York University alumni Scientists from New York City 20th-century American mathematicians American textbook writers 21st-century American mathematicians PDE theorists Mathematicians from New York (state) University of Michigan faculty {{US-physicist-stub