Waleed Al-Salam, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Iraqi mathematician
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Place of Birth: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
About Waleed Al-Salam
- Waleed Al-Salam (born 15 July 1926 in Baghdad, Iraq – died 14 April 1996 in Edmonton, Canada) was a mathematician who introduced Al-Salam–Chihara polynomials, Al-Salam–Carlitz polynomials, q-Konhauser polynomials, and Al-Salam–Ismail polynomials.
- He was a Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta. Born in Iraq, Baghdad, Al-Salam received his bachelor's degree in engineering physics (1950) and M.A.
- in mathematics (1951) from University of California Berkeley.
- He completed his education at Duke, receiving his Ph.D.
- for his dissertation on Bessel polynomials (1958).
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