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Hosking, Roger John was born on November 28, 1940 in Port Pirie, Australia. Son of Lloyd Egmont and Melva Joyce (Fiebig) Hosking.
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First Steps in Numerical Analysis
(This book provides an excellent introduction to the eleme...)
This book provides an excellent introduction to the elementary concepts and methods of numerical analysis for students meeting the subject for the first time. The established style of the original is retained with the subject matter being organized into fundamental topics and presented as a series of 'steps.' At the end of each step, checkpoints are included to allow the reader to gauge their understanding of the concepts introduced. In addition, pseudocode is included to allow students to develop computer programs using standard numerical algorithms. The revisions reflect the huge advances that have occurred in inexpensive computational aids in recent years. New material has been included on systems of linear equations, curve fitting and differential equations. There are additional exercises, and the total number of steps has increased to 35. The result is an invaluable introduction to the basic ideas and methods underlying numerical analysis for all those new to the subject, whether they study at school, college or university.
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Moving Loads on Ice Plates (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications)
(Moving Loads on Ice Plates is a unique study into the eff...)
Moving Loads on Ice Plates is a unique study into the effect of vehicles and aircraft travelling across floating ice sheets. It synthesizes in a single volume, with a coherent theme and nomenclature, the diverse literature on the topic, hitherto available only as research journal articles. Chapters on the nature of fresh water ice and sea ice, and on applied continuum mechanics are included, as is a chapter on the subject's venerable history in related areas of engineering and science. The most recent theories and data are discussed in great depth, demonstrating the advanced state of the modelling and experimental field programmes that have taken place. Finally, results are interpreted in the context of engineering questions faced by agencies operating in the polar and subpolar regions. Although the book necessarily contains some graduate level applied mathematics, it is written to allow engineers, physicists and mathematicians to extract the information they need without becoming preoccupied with details. Structural, environmental, civil, and offshore engineers, and groups who support these industries, particularly within the Arctic and Antarctic, will find the book timely and relevant.
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Roger John Hosking
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Roger John Hosking, Australian Mathematician, educator. Achievements include research in plasma instability due to Hall current and magnetoviscons stabilization; extension of shallow flow equations to curved beds; moving loads on floating flexible plates; tropical cyclone structure. Fellow Institute Mathematics and Its Applications (chartered).
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Adelaide, Australia, 1961; Bachelor of Science with honors, U. Adelaide, Australia, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Western Ontario, London, Canada, 1965.
Career
Lecturer/sr.lectr., Flinders U., 1966-1971;
reader in mathematics, U. Waikato, 1971-1973;
professor mathematics, U. Waikato, 1973-1988;
department chairman, Asian Institute Technology, 1989-1990;
professor applied mathematics, head division computer applications, Asian Institute Technology, Bangkok, 1981-1982;
chairman acad board, James Cook U., North Queensland, 1991-1993;
professor mathematics, James Cook U., North Queensland, since 1988;
head department mathematics and statistics, James Cook U., North Queensland. Chairman ANZIAM (formerly Applied Mathematics Division Australian Mathematics Society), 1991-1992, Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics and International Geosphere-Biosphere Program, Australian Academy Science,1989-, Future North Queensland Syndicate. Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993-1994.
Senior visitor department applied mathematics and theoretical physics U. Cambridge, 1984-1985, 93. Visiting fellow researcher School Physical Sciences, Australian National.U., 1968-1969, 83-84. Research associate theory division Culham Laboratory United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1970-1971.
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First Steps in Numerical Analysis
(This book provides an excellent introduction to the eleme...)
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Moving Loads on Ice Plates (Solid Mechanics and Its Applications)
(Moving Loads on Ice Plates is a unique study into the eff...)
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First Steps in Numerical Analysis
Membership
Fellow Institute Mathematics and Its Applications (chartered).
Connections
Married Jacoba Nora Jean Gunther, December 22, 1962. Children: Antony Lloyd, Derek Edward, James Allen.
