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.
: 256 [2] He attended the University of North Wales where he graduated with a PhD in Mathematics in 1967.: 256 [2] 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.
: xi [3] 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.