Numerical analyst

A numerical analyst is a person who works in the field of numerical analysis, the study of approximate but accurate solutions to hard problems.

Early numerical analysis was done by astronomers[1] and civil engineers.[2]

A pure mathematician may be satisfied with a proof that a unique solution to a problem exists; a numerical analyst goes further to develop a procedure for actually computing the solution in a reasonable time and within a specified accuracy.[3]

The origins of modern numerical analysis are often linked to the 1947 paper by John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine,[4][5] but others consider modern numerical analysis to go back to 1912 E. T. Whittaker.[4]

Some notable numerical analysts include Nick Trefethen[6] Douglas Hartree.[7]


See also
  • Category: Numerical analysts lists a few notable numerical analysts.

References
  1. Claude Brezinski; Luc Wuytack. "Numerical Analysis: Historical Developments in the 20th Century". 2001. p. 2.
  2. Mario César Suárez Arriaga; Jochen Bundschuh; Francisco Javier Dominguez-Mota. "Numerical Modeling of Coupled Phenomena in Science and Engineering". 2008. p. XVII
  3. David M. Young; Robert Todd Gregory "A Survey of Numerical Mathematics" p. iv.
  4. G. A. Watson. "The history and development of numerical analysis in Scotland: a personal perspective". doi:10.1.1.66.297
  5. Adhemar Bultheel; Ronald Cools. "The Birth of Numerical Analysis, Volume 10". "The Birth of Numerical Analysis" 2010.
  6. Walter Gander; Martin J. Gander; Felix Kwok. "Scientific Computing - An Introduction using Maple and MATLAB". 2014. p. 5
  7. Jean Jennings Bartik. "Pioneer Programmer: Jean Jennings Bartik and the Computer that Changed the World". 2013. p. 104
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