Nick Trefethen
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Not to be confused with Lloyd M. Trefethen.
Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen FRS[4] (born 30 August 1955) is an American mathematician, professor of numerical analysis and head of the Numerical Analysis Group at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.[6][7][8][9]
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Born | Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen (1955-08-30) 30 August 1955 (age 68)[1][2] |
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Known for | Embree–Trefethen constant[3] |
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Children | one son, one daughter[1] |
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Fields | Numerical analysis |
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Thesis | Wave Propagation and Stability for Finite Difference Schemes (1982) |
Doctoral advisor | Joseph E. Oliger[5] |
Doctoral students | Alan Edelman |
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