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Philip Candelas, FRS (born 24 October 1951, London, UK) is a British physicist and mathematician. After 20 years at the University of Texas at Austin, he served as Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford until 2020 and is a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.
Emeritus. Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics Head of the Mathematical Physics Group. +44 1865 273521. Contact form. Research groups. Mathematical Physics. Address. Highlighted books. Computational algebraic geometry in string and Gauge theory He, Y (2012) Recent publications. The Universal Geometry of Heterotic Vacua.
Philip Candelas is an outstanding physicist and mathematician who is renowned for his work on string theory, black holes and other areas of theoretical physics. He focuses on the analysis of tiny structures that make up the world around us.
Philip Candelas. Current Position: Rouse-Ball Professor of Mathematics. University of Oxford. Date and Place of Birth: 24 October 1951, London, U.K. Nationality: UK/US.
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Mathematicians became interested in mirror symmetry around 1990 when physicists Philip Candelas, Xenia de la Ossa, Paul Green, and Linda Parkes showed that mirror symmetry could be used to solve problems in enumerative geometry that had resisted solution for decades or more.
Philip Candelas (* 24. Oktober 1951 in London) ist ein britischer Physiker, der sich mit Stringtheorie befasst. Candelas studierte ab 1970 an der Universität Cambridge (Christ’s College), mit dem Bachelor-Abschluss 1973, und ab 1972 an der Universität Oxford im Wadham College, wo er Schüler von Dennis Sciama war.
