Karplus is a surname for a family that has been traced back to the Jewish cemetery in the village of Osoblaha (formerly Hotzenplotz) in the Czech Republic near the border with Poland. All people with the surname "Karplus" appear to be descendants of Alexander Karplus, who died in June 1797 and was the first to carry the family name "Karplus". The name was created in response to the
1787 requirement of the Austrian Empire that all Jewish families have surnames. No one knows what the name means (if anything). Notable people with the surname include:
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Arnold Karplus (1877–1968), Czech-Austrian architect
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Kevin Karplus
Kevin Karplus is a professor emeritus at University of California, Santa Cruz, currently in the Biomolecular Engineering Department.
He is probably best known for work he did as a computer science graduate student at Stanford University on the K ...
(born 1954), American academic
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Karplus-Strong string synthesis
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Martin Karplus (born 1930), American theoretical chemist and 2013 Nobel Laureate (Chemistry)
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Karplus equation
The Karplus equation, named after Martin Karplus, describes the correlation between 3J-coupling constants and dihedral torsion angles in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy:
:J(\phi) = A \cos^2 \phi + B \cos\,\phi + C
where ''J'' is the 3''J ...
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Robert Karplus Robert Karplus (February 23, 1927 – March 20, 1990) was a theoretical physicist and leader in the field of science education.
Early life
Robert Karplus was born in Vienna, where he lived until the German occupation of Austria in 1938. He emigrate ...
(1927–1990), American theoretical physicist and educator
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