Paul L. Schechter
[[File:PaulSchechter1977.jpg|thumb|Paul L. Schechter (1977)]]
Si '''Paul L. Schechter''' (namundag Mayo 30, 1948) sarong Amerikanong  [[astronomo]] asin paramasid na [[kosmologo]].  Siya an William A. M. Burden Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, sa [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]].

Si Schechter naresibe saiyang bachelor's degree sa [[Cornell University|Cornell]] kan 1968, asin saiyang Ph.D. degree sa [[California Institute of Technology|Caltech]] kan 1975.  Siya nagkapot nin mga pwestong postdoktoral sa [[Institute for Advanced Study]] asin sa  [[University of Arizona]], dangan nagdakit sa [[Harvard University|Harvard]] bilang assistant na propesor. Siya nagbalyo sa presenteng posisyon niya sa MIT kan 1988.<ref>MIT Faculty Profile at http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/schechter_paul.html</ref>  Schechter was elected to the U.S. [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 2003.

Si Schechter midbid na gayo kan saiyang trabaho sa pagdiskubre kan inapod ma [[Luminosity function (astronomy)|Schechter luminosity function]] para sa mga galaxies, asin  kan saiyang trabaho katuwang si [[William H. Press|William Press]] sa ngonyan inaapod na [[Press–Schechter formalism]]. Siya man nakahaman nin bagong metodong eksakto sa pagkwenta kan velocidad sa pagwarak kan mga galaxies, pag'ugid kan [[Virgocentric infall]], asin pag'ugid nin butingtingon kan [[gravitational lens]]es.<ref>U.S. National Academy of Sciences election citation at {{cite web |url=http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MEMBERS_Main |title=National Academy of Sciences: Members - Directory Search Help |accessdate=2010-03-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305084215/http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=MEMBERS_Main |archivedate=2010-03-05 }}</ref>

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Si Paul L. Schechter (namundag Mayo 30, 1948) sarong Amerikanong  astronomo asin paramasid na kosmologo.  Siya an William A. M. Burden Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, sa MIT.

Si Schechter naresibe saiyang bachelor's degree sa Cornell kan 1968, asin saiyang Ph.D. degree sa Caltech kan 1975.  Siya nagkapot nin mga pwestong postdoktoral sa Institute for Advanced Study asin sa  University of Arizona, dangan nagdakit sa Harvard bilang assistant na propesor. Siya nagbalyo sa presenteng posisyon niya sa MIT kan 1988.MIT Faculty Profile at http://web.mit.edu/physics/people/faculty/schechter_paul.html  Schechter was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2003.

Si Schechter midbid na gayo kan saiyang trabaho sa pagdiskubre kan inapod ma Schechter luminosity function para sa mga galaxies, asin  kan saiyang trabaho katuwang si William Press sa ngonyan inaapod na Press–Schechter formalism. Siya man nakahaman nin bagong metodong eksakto sa pagkwenta kan velocidad sa pagwarak kan mga galaxies, pag'ugid kan Virgocentric infall, asin pag'ugid nin butingtingon kan gravitational lenses.U.S. National Academy of Sciences election citation at 

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Category:Living people
Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
Category:1948 births
Category:20th-century American Jews
Category:California Institute of Technology alumni
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science faculty
Category:Cornell University alumni
Category:Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
Category:University of Arizona people
Category:Harvard University faculty
Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Category:21st-century American Jews