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Wolfgang Mückenheim (born 14 March 1949) is a German physicist and university lecturer who contributed to the theories of vacuum polarization and extended probabilities.

Early life and education

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Mückenheim was born in Zorge, district of Göttingen, Germany. He studied physics with astronomy and mathematics at the University of Göttingen. After graduating with a work on atomic decay he doctored with a dissertation on elastic photon-scattering by uranium, a work in the field of vacuum polarization.[1] As a result, he could demonstrate for the first time Delbrück scattering below the pair production threshold. [2]

Career

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In 1981, he joined a laser production company and became head of research and development[3]

In 1990, he returned to a more academic life and lectured at the Technische Universität Clausthal about theory of electromagnetic fields. In the same year he was appointed professor at the Technische Hochschule Augsburg, where he lectured about mathematics, history of mathematics, and physics. For two terms, from 2003 to 2007, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of General Sciences. In 2014, he became emeritus and continues to lecture about history of the concept of infinity and the history of mathematics. [4]

Research and teaching

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In the 1980s, Mückenheim published about the foundations of quantum mechanics. He obtained a formal solution of the EinsteinPodolskyRosen paradox in case of spin-1/2 particles.[5] This was facilitated by his theory of extended probabilities, admitting negative probabilities, using related ideas of Paul Dirac, Maurice Bartlett and Richard Feynman. In his Review of extended probabilities,[6] all of the research on this topic has been summarized. His correspondence with Maurice Bartlett, mainly on his theory, is kept by the Royal Socienty. [7]

Nature, has published a full article on Mückenheim's theory [8] which has stirred up readers' letters [9]

Since 2000, Mückenheim has been working about the concept of infinity generally and especially in mathematics. He claims to have found contradictions within modern set theory. He published his results in monographies, conferences, and on the Internet. In addition, he gives regular lectures on the history of the concept of infinity and the history of mathematics.

His textbook Die Geschichte des Unendlichen, appeared in 7th edition by Maro-Verlag, Augsburg. His text book Mathematik für die ersten Semester was published in three editions by the Oldenbourg Verlag, the fourth edition appeared by the De Gruyter-Verlag.[10] This book has even become a bestseller[11]

Personal life

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Mückenheim lives in Zorge/Harz and in Bobingen, near Augsburg. In Wintersemesters he lectures about the history of mathematics and the infinite.[12]

Selected bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~mueckenh/Lebenslauf.pdf
  2. ^ "Students of Martin Schumacher" (PDF). physik2.uni-goettingen.de. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-08.
  3. ^ LASER Jahrbuch 1. Ausgabe, Vulkan-Verlag, Essen(1988), ISBN 3-8027-238-1
  4. ^ https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~mueckenh/Lebenslauf.pdf
  5. ^ Lett. Nuovo Cimento. Band 35, 1982, S. 300.
  6. ^ Wolfgang Mückenheim: A review of extended probabilities. In: Physics Reports. Band 133, 1986, S. 337–401
  7. ^ https://catalogues.royalsociety.org/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=MSB%2f2%2f91
  8. ^ Maddox, John (1986). "Can chance be less than zero?". Nature. 320 (6062): 481. doi:10.1038/320481a0.
  9. ^ Mückenheim, W. (1986). "What is an extended probability?". Nature. 324 (6095): 307. doi:10.1038/324307b0.
  10. ^ Mückenheim, Wolfgang (May 19, 2015). Mathematik für die ersten Semester. De Gruyter. doi:10.1515/9783110377347. ISBN 978-3-11-037733-0 – via www.degruyter.com.
  11. ^ https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~mueckenh/Transfinity/Bestseller%202012H%20+.pdf
  12. ^ https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~mueckenh/
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