is a Japanese

mathematical physicist Mathematical physics is the development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The ''Journal of Mathematical Physics'' defines the field as "the application of mathematics to problems in physics and the development of ...

, best known for his invention with

Ryogo Kubo was a Japanese mathematical physicist, best known for his works in statistical physics and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. Work In the early 1950s, Kubo transformed research into the linear response properties of near-equilibrium cond ...

of the

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. In 1993, while working at

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with Shaul Mukamel, he published a theoretical paper laying the foundation for (optical) two-dimensional femtosecond spectroscopies.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanimura, Yoshitaka Japanese physicists Academic staff of Kyoto University Keio University alumni Living people 1960 births Fellows of the American Physical Society

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