Mathematician:Ralph Saul Phillips

Mathematician

American mathematician known for his contributions to functional analysis, scattering theory, and servomechanisms.

Made major contributions to acoustical scattering theory.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: 23 June 1913 in Oakland, California, US
• Died: 23 November 1998 in Monte Sereno, California, US

Theorems and Definitions

• Feller-Miyadera-Phillips Theorem (with William Feller and Isao Miyadera)

Publications

• 1948: Functional Analysis and Semi-Groups (with E. Hille)
  • 1957: Functional Analysis and Semi-Groups, 2nd ed. (with E. Hille)
  • 1996: Functional Analysis and Semi-Groups, Revised ed. (with E. Hille)

• 1977: Scattering Theory for Automorphic Functions (with P.D. Lax)
• 1989: Scattering Theory (with P.D. Lax)