Muhammad Rafique (2 January 1940 — 16 June 1996) was a Pakistani mathematician and professor of mathematics at the Punjab University. He was a versatile scholar who authored
textbooks on
computer language and
special relativity. He was the co-author of textbook ''Group Theory for High Energy Physicists'', which was eventually published years after his death in 2016.
Biographical overview
Rafique was born in
Lahore,
Punjab in
British India on 2 January 1940 in Lahore, Punjab in India and was educated at the
Punjab University Punjab University may refer to:
India
* Punjab Agricultural University, a state agricultural university in Ludhiana, Punjab
* I. K. Gujral Punjab Technical University, a State university in Jalandhar, Punjab
* Panjab University, a public collegia ...
where he graduated with
BA with
first-class honours in
Mathematics
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in 1960.
He served in the Faculty of Mathematics at the Punjab University where he graduated with
MA in Mathematics in 1964, and earned a scholarship to study mathematics in the
United Kingdom.
He attended the
University of North Wales
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where he graduated with a
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in Mathematics in 1967.
Upon returning to Pakistan, he joined the Punjab University and taught there until 1971 when he joined the
International Center for Theoretical Physics in Italy as a post-doctoral scholar.
From 1972 to 1977, Rafique worked at the
Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology where he contributed his work on
fast neutron calculations for
atomic weapons which built his interests in the
theory of relativity and
nuclear physics.
From 1977 to 1982, he served on the faculty of
University of Tripoli in Libya, and served as the Head of Department of Mathematics at the Punjab University from 1983 until 1992 when he went to teach mathematics at the
King Fahd University
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in
Saudi Arabia.
His tenure at the King Fahd University was short-lived. He died due to cardiac arrest in June 1996.
Although a mathematician, Rafique was a prolific author on physics, was writing a college text on
group theory's applications on
high energy physics with
Mohammad Saleem at the time of his death in 1992. The college book was eventually published in 2015-2016 by British publisher
Taylor & Francis.
Textbooks
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See also
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Definite integral
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References
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