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Goldstine, Herman Heine was born on September 13, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Isaac Oscar and Bessie (Lipsey) Goldstine.
(In this book I have attempted to trace the development of...)
In this book I have attempted to trace the development of numerical analysis during the period in which the foundations of the modern theory were being laid. To do this I have had to exercise a certain amount of selectivity in choosing and in rejecting both authors and papers. I have rather arbitrarily chosen, in the main, the most famous mathematicians of the period in question and have concentrated on their major works in numerical analysis at the expense, perhaps, of other lesser known but capable analysts. This selectivity results from the need to choose from a large body of literature, and from my feeling that almost by definition the great masters of mathematics were the ones responsible for the most significant accomplishments. In any event I must accept full responsibility for the choices. I would particularly like to acknowledge my thanks to Professor Otto Neugebauer for his help and inspiration in the preparation of this book. This consisted of many friendly discussions that I will always value. I should also like to express my deep appreciation to the International Business Machines Corporation of which I have the honor of being a Fellow and in particular to Dr. Ralph E. Gomory, its Vice-President for Research, for permitting me to undertake the writing of this book and for helping make it possible by his continuing encouragement and support.
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(In this book I have attempted to trace the development of...)
In this book I have attempted to trace the development of numerical analysis during the period in which the foundations of the modern theory were being laid. To do this I have had to exercise a certain amount of selectivity in choosing and in rejecting both authors and papers. I have rather arbitrarily chosen, in the main, the most famous mathematicians of the period in question and have concentrated on their major works in numerical analysis at the expense, perhaps, of other lesser known but capable analysts. This selectivity results from the need to choose from a large body of literature, and from my feeling that almost by definition the great masters of mathematics were the ones responsible for the most significant accomplishments. In any event I must accept full responsibility for the choices. I would particularly like to acknowledge my thanks to Professor Otto Neugebauer for his help and inspiration in the preparation of this book. This consisted of many friendly discussions that I will always value. I should also like to express my deep appreciation to the International Business Machines Corporation of which I have the honor of being a Fellow and in particular to Dr. Ralph E. Gomory, its Vice-President for Research, for permitting me to undertake the writing of this book and for helping make it possible by his continuing encouragement and support.
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(The calculus of variations is a subject whose beginning c...)
The calculus of variations is a subject whose beginning can be precisely dated. It might be said to begin at the moment that Euler coined the name calculus of variations but this is, of course, not the true moment of inception of the subject. It would not have been unreasonable if I had gone back to the set of isoperimetric problems considered by Greek mathemati cians such as Zenodorus (c. 200 B. C. ) and preserved by Pappus (c. 300 A. D. ). I have not done this since these problems were solved by geometric means. Instead I have arbitrarily chosen to begin with Fermat's elegant principle of least time. He used this principle in 1662 to show how a light ray was refracted at the interface between two optical media of different densities. This analysis of Fermat seems to me especially appropriate as a starting point: He used the methods of the calculus to minimize the time of passage cif a light ray through the two media, and his method was adapted by John Bernoulli to solve the brachystochrone problem. There have been several other histories of the subject, but they are now hopelessly archaic. One by Robert Woodhouse appeared in 1810 and another by Isaac Todhunter in 1861.
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Goldstine, Herman Heine was born on September 13, 1913 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Isaac Oscar and Bessie (Lipsey) Goldstine.
Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1933. Master of Science, University Chicago, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1936.
Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa (honorary), University Lund, Sweden, 1974. Doctor of Science (honorary), Amherst College, 1978. Doctor of Science (honorary), Adelphi University, 1978.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Rutgers University, 1994.
Research assistant University Chicago, 1937—1937, instructor, 1937—1939, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1939—1942, assistant professor, 1942—1950. Associate project director electronic computer project Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 1946—1955, acting project director, 1954—1957, permanent member, 1952—2004. Director mathematics science department International Business Machines Corporation Research, 1960—1965.
Director science development International Business Machines Corporation Data Processing Headquarters, White Plains, 1965—1967. Consultant to director research International Business Machines Corporation, 1967—1969, fellow, 1969—2004. Executive officer American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1984—1997.
Head electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer Project United States Army. Officer in charge of sub-station Aberdeen Proving Grounds, University Pennsylvania, 1942—1946. Consultant various government and military agencies, 1946—1984.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army, World World War II.
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(The calculus of variations is a subject whose beginning c...)
Author: Author: The Computer from Pascal to vonNeumann, 1972, New and Full Moons 1001 British Columbia to A.D. 1651, 1973, A History of Numerical Analysis from the 16th through the 19th century, 1977, A History of the Calculus of Variations from the 17th through the 19th Century, 1980. Editor: Mathematical Papers of John I and James I Bernouilli, 1988, Die Streitschriften von Jacob und Johann Bernouilli, 1991.
Board directors National Construction Center, 1987—1990. Trustee Hampshire College, 1969—1977, University Pennsylvania Press, from 1985. Member advisory coun. history of science program Princeton University, 1982—1987.
Member visiting committee physical science division University Chicago, 1976—1986. Member committee Annenberg Research Institute, 1987—1991. Board directors Glaucoma Service Foundation to Prevent Blindness, from 1989.
Member of National Academy of Sciences, College Physicians Philadelphia, Mathematics Association American, American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society (Ben Franklin medal), American Mathematics Society, Union League, Century Association, Phi Beta Kappa (book award in science 1973).
Married Adele Katz, September 15, 1941 (deceased 1964). Children: Madlen, Jonathan. Married Ellen Watson, January 8, 1966.