Patricio Letelier
Patricio Anibal Letelier Sotomayor (September 11, 1943 – June 9, 2011) was a Chilean mathematical physicist and professor at University of Campinas (UNICAMP).
Work
[edit]Letelier was born in Santiago. Early in his career (1993) Letelier worked with Dmitrii Vladimirovich Gal'tsov to define what has become known as the Letelier-Gal'tsov spacetime.[1] He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Boston University in 1977 under John Stachel. He joined the faculty of the University of Brasília until 1988 when became a Professor of Mathematical Physics in the Department of Applied Mathematics of UNICAMP.
His last published work is a study of the three-body problem[2] with Tiago Amancio da Silva. See also the Tom Banks paper "A Critique of Pure String Theory: Heterodox Opinions of Diverse Dimensions." published in 2003.
He died on Thursday, June 9, 2011 of a cardiac arrest in his home in Campinas.[3]
In honor of his work, an astronomer he advised for a doctor thesis, named an asteroid he had discovered after Letelier: (109879) Letelier.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Clement, G.; Gal'tsov, D. V.; Letelier, P. S. (2005). "The Letelier-Gal'tsov spacetime revisited". arXiv:gr-qc/0502014.
- ^ Letelier, Patricio S.; Da Silva, Tiago Amancio (2011). "Solutions to the restricted three-body problem with variable mass". Astrophysics and Space Science. 332 (2): 325–329. arXiv:1103.3193. Bibcode:2011Ap&SS.332..325L. doi:10.1007/s10509-010-0554-0. S2CID 119153031.
- ^ "Prof. Letelier passed away | hyperspace@gu". hyperspace.uni-frankfurt.de. 14 June 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Asteroid Letelier". MinorPlanetCenter.net. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
