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'''Claude Itzykson''' (11 April 1938 - 22 May 1995) was a French theoretical physicist.<ref name="bio-source">{{Cite web |title=Claude Itzykson |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Itzykson |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>
'''Claude Georges Itzykson''' (11 April 1938 - 22 May 1995) was a French theoretical physicist.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web |title=Claude Itzykson |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Itzykson |website=Wikipedia |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>


Itzykson worked in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics and is linked here as coauthor of the textbook ''Quantum Field Theory'' with Jean-Bernard Zuber.
== Career and work ==
Itzykson worked mainly in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics, with particular attention to symmetry, group theory, lattice gauge theory, matrix integrals, random surfaces, and conformal field theory.<ref name="wiki" />
 
After study at the Lycée Condorcet and the École Polytechnique, he joined the theoretical physics group at Saclay, where he spent much of his career while also holding visiting positions abroad.<ref name="wiki" /><ref name="annales">{{Cite web |title=Claude Georges Itzykson (1938-1995) |url=https://www.annales.org/archives/x/itzikson.html |website=Annales des Mines |access-date=2026-05-24}}</ref>
 
His 1980 textbook ''Quantum Field Theory'', written with Jean-Bernard Zuber, became a standard graduate reference and remains the reason he is linked from the QFT further-reading list.<ref name="wiki" />


== Selected works ==
== Selected works ==
* ''Quantum Field Theory'' (1980), with Jean-Bernard Zuber.
* ''Quantum Field Theory'' (1980), with Jean-Bernard Zuber.
* ''Statistical Field Theory'' (with Jean-Michel Drouffe).


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Itzykson Claude Itzykson]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Itzykson Claude Itzykson]
* [https://physicstoday.aip.org/obituaries/claude-ityzkson Claude Itzykson]
* [https://www.annales.org/archives/x/itzikson.html Claude Georges Itzykson (1938-1995)]


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Claude Itzykson


Born 11 April 1938
Died 22 May 1995


Known for Quantum Field Theory with Jean-Bernard Zuber

Claude Georges Itzykson (11 April 1938 - 22 May 1995) was a French theoretical physicist.[1]

Career and work

Itzykson worked mainly in quantum field theory and statistical mechanics, with particular attention to symmetry, group theory, lattice gauge theory, matrix integrals, random surfaces, and conformal field theory.[1]

After study at the Lycée Condorcet and the École Polytechnique, he joined the theoretical physics group at Saclay, where he spent much of his career while also holding visiting positions abroad.[1][2]

His 1980 textbook Quantum Field Theory, written with Jean-Bernard Zuber, became a standard graduate reference and remains the reason he is linked from the QFT further-reading list.[1]

Selected works

  • Quantum Field Theory (1980), with Jean-Bernard Zuber.
  • Statistical Field Theory (with Jean-Michel Drouffe).

References


Author: Harold Foppele