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Extrapolation and rational approximation : the works of the main contributors / Claude Brezinski, Michela Redivo-Zaglia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brezinski, Claude, 1941- author.
- Redivo Zaglia, Michela, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Extrapolation--Research--History.
- Extrapolation.
- Approximation theory--Research--History.
- Approximation theory.
- Wynn, Peter, 1931-2017.
- Wynn, Peter.
- Mathematicians--Great Britain--Biography.
- Mathematicians.
- Research.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 406 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Biography/History:
- Claude Brezinski is professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Lille (France), where he has been head of the Laboratory of Numerical Analysis and Optimization for 30 years. He was the advisor of 60 doctoral students. Prof. Brezinski is founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Numerical Algorithms journal and author of over 240 papers and several books. Michela Redivo-Zaglia is professor of numerical analysis at the University of Padua (Italy). She has been vice-director of the Department of Mathematics for three years. She is a member of the Editorial Board of several journals. She published software packages, 7 scientific and didactic books, and about 80 papers. She was the organizer of many international congresses, and an invited speaker at several ones.
- Contents:
- 1. General Overview
- 2. Mathematical Background
- 3. The Mathematical Landscape up to the Mid-Twentieth Century
- 4. The Life of Peter Wynn
- 5. The Works of Peter Wynn.
- 6. Commentaries and Further Developments
- 7. Testimonies
- 8. Vitae
- As a conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index. .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on resource, viewed February 11, 2021.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783030584184
- 3030584186
- Publisher Number:
- 99986647831
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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