Willard L. Miranker
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1932 – 2011
Who was Willard L. Miranker?
Willard L. Miranker was an American mathematician and computer scientist, known for his contributions to applied mathematics and numerical mathematics.
Raised in Brooklyn, New York, he earned B.A., M.S. and Ph.D. from the Courant Institute at New York University, the latter on the thesis The Asymptotic Theory of Solutions of U + U = 0 advised by Joseph Keller. He then worked for the mathematics department at Bell Labs before joining IBM Research. After retirement from IBM, he joined the computer science faculty at Yale University as research faculty.
He also held professor affiliations at California Institute of Technology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Yale University, University of Paris-Sud, City University of New York and New York University.
Miranker's work includes articles and books on stiff differential equations, interval arithmetic, analog computing, and neural networks and the modeling of consciousness.
Miranker was also an expressionistic painter, having exhibited internationally in New York City, Paris and Bonn.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1932
- Also known as
- Willard Miranker
- Education
- New York University
- Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Died
- Apr 28, 2011
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on July 23, 2013
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