1963
EUGENE PAUL WIGNER
Born
November 17, 1902 Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Died
January 1, 1995 (aged 92) Princeton, New Jersey, US
Citizenship American (post-1937) Hungarian (pre-1937) Alma mater Technical University of Berlin Known for
Awards
Bargmann–Wigner equations Wigner D-matrix, Wigner crystal, Wigner effect, Wigner's theorem Wigner energy, Wigner lattice Gabor–Wigner transform Jordan–Wigner transformation Newton–Wigner localization Wigner–Inonu contraction 6-j symbol, 9-j symbol Medal for Merit (1946), Enrico Fermi Award (1958) Atoms for Peace Award (1959) Max Planck Medal (1961) National Medal of Science (1969) Albert Einstein Award (1972)
Structure Wigner
of
a
crystal
two-dimensional in
a
parabolic
potential trap with 600 electrons. Triangles
and
squares
mark
positions of the topological defects.
Institutions University of Göttingen University of Wisconsin–Madison Princeton University, Manhattan Project Doctoral advisor
Michael Polanyi
Doctoral students
John Bardeen J O Hirschfelder
Jucys diagram for the Wigner 6-j symbol. 89
