2009 SCAIM Seminar - 09

  • Date: 05/19/2009
Lecturer(s):
Nicholas Trefethen (Oxford University)
Location: 

University of British Columbia

Topic: 

Who Invented the Great Numerical Algorithms?

Description: 

This talk identifies thirty of the great algorithms of numerical analysis, from Gaussian elimination to automatic differentiation, and asks in each case: Who were the main inventors? Were they mathematicians or engineers, academics or industrialists? The story is full of pictures and anecdotes, with some surprises along the way.

Schedule: 

3:00pm, Klinck 301

Other Information: 

For details, please visit there official website at
http://www.iam.ubc.ca/~scaim/

Sponsor: 

pims