Ernst Pascual Jordon (1902 - 1980)

Born 18 Oct 1902 in Hanover, Prussia, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Ella Paula Maria Stahn — married 12 Apr 1930 in Hanover, Prussia, Germany

Died 31 Jul 1980 at age 77 in Hamburg, Germany

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Biography

Pascual Jordon is Notable.

Pascual was born in 1902. His father was also Ernst Pascual Jordan. His mother was Minna Charlotte. Pascual married Ella Paula Maria Stahn on 12 Apr 1930. He passed away in 1980 in Hamburg.

He was a German theoretical and mathematical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He contributed much to the mathematical form of matrix mechanics, and developed canonical anticommutation relations for fermions. Jordan algebra is employed for and is still used in studying the mathematical and conceptual foundations of quantum theory, and has found other mathematical applications. He passed away in 1980.

Together with Max Born and Werner Heisenberg, Jordan was a coauthor of an important series of papers on quantum mechanics. He went on to pioneer early quantum field theory before largely switching his focus to cosmology before World War II.

Jordan devised a type of nonassociative algebras, now named Jordan algebras in his honor, in an attempt to create an algebra of observables for quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. Today, von Neumann algebras are also employed for this purpose. Jordan algebras have since been applied in projective geometry, number theory, complex analysis, optimization, and many other fields of pure and applied mathematics, and continue to be used in studying the mathematical and conceptual underpinnings of quantum theory.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Pascual Jordan
• Wikidata: Item Q1358868, en:Wikipedia
• https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Jordan_Pascual/
• Evangelisches Kirchenbuchamt Hannover; Film Number: 185250; Page Number: 75;75
• Evangelisches Kirchenbuchamt Hannover; Film Number: 184958; Page Number: 76;76
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151293430/pascual-jordan