Ivar Stakgold
Ivar Stakgold (born December 13, 1925) is a Norwegian-born American academic mathematician and bridge player from Newark, Delaware.[1] As the sole author of two books he specialized in boundary value problems (LCSH).[2][3]
Life
Stakgold was born in Oslo, Norway.[4] He studied applied mathematics at Harvard University and earned the Ph.D. in 1949 with a dissertation under Léon Nicolas Brillouin, The Cauchy Relations In A Molecular Theory of Elasticity.[5] He is professor emeritus of mathematical sciences at the University of Delaware and a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.[6] He is a former president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).[2]
Books
- By Stakgold
- Boundary Value Problems of Mathematical Physics, 2 vols. (Macmillan, 1967), Macmillan series in advanced mathematics and theoretical physics, LCCN 67-10304; reprint 2000, SIAM Classics in applied mathematics, no. 29[3]
- Nonlinear Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology: proceedings of a Battelle Summer Institute, Seattle, July 3–28, 1972, eds. Stakgold and others (Springer-Verlag, 1973), LCCN 73-78428
- Green's Functions and Boundary Value Problems (Wiley, 1979); 2nd ed. 1998; 3rd ed. 2011, Stakgold and Michael J. Holst[2]
- Analytical and Computational Methods in Scattering and Applied Mathematics, eds. Fadil Santosa and Stakgold (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2000) – "A volume to the memory of Ralph Ellis Kleinman", LCCN 99-87683
- Other
- Nonlinear Problems in Applied Mathematics: in honor of Ivar Stakgold on his 70th birthday,eds. T.S. Angell and others (Philadelphia:SIAM, 1996), LCCN 96-112982
Bridge accomplishments
Awards
- Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1958
Wins
- North American Bridge Championships (5)
- Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1958 [7]
- Vanderbilt (1) 1958 [8]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1969 [9]
- Reisinger (1) 1958 [10]
- Spingold (1) 1962 [11]
Runners-up
- Bermuda Bowl (1) 1959
- North American Bridge Championships
- Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1963 [7]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1957 [12]
- Spingold (1) 1958 [11]
References
- ↑ Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Fifth Edition (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 746. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
- 1 2 3 "Contributor biographical information for Green's functions and boundary value problems / Ivar Stakgold". Library of Congress. [1998?]. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
With more information linked. - 1 2 "Publisher description for Boundary value problems of mathematical physics / Ivar Stakgold". Library of Congress. [2000]. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
With more information linked. - ↑ American Men & Women of Science: Q-S. Thomson Gale. 2003. p. 943. ISBN 0787665290.
- ↑ "Ivar Stakgold". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
- ↑ UCSD faculty bio.
- 1 2 "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- 1 2 "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ↑ "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
External links
- "International record for Ivar Stakgold". World Bridge Federation.
- Ivar Stakgold at Library of Congress Authorities, with 8 catalog records
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