Ralph S. Phillips, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRalph S. Phillips
American mathematician
Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1913
Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States
Date of Death: 23-Nov-1998
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Ralph S. Phillips
- Ralph Saul Phillips (23 June 1913 – 23 November 1998) was an American mathematician and academic known for his contributions to functional analysis, scattering theory, and servomechanisms.
- He served as a Professor of mathematics at Stanford University.
- He made major contributions to acoustical scattering theory in collaboration with Peter Lax, proving remarkable results on local energy decay and the connections between poles of the scattering matrix and the analytic properties of the resolvent.
- With Lax, he coauthored the widely referred book on scattering theory titled Scattering Theory for Automorphic Functions.
- Phillips received the 1997 Leroy P.
- Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
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