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Vladimir Rokhlin Jr.

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Vladimir Rokhlin Jr.
Born (1952-08-04) August 4, 1952 (age 72)
Alma materUniversity of Vilnius
Rice University
Known forFast multipole method
AwardsMember, U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1999)
Leroy P. Steele Prize (2001)
Member, U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2008)
Fellow, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (2009)
ICIAM Maxwell Prize (2011)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsNumerical computation
InstitutionsYale University
Thesis Integral Equations Approach to Scattering Problems  (1983)
Doctoral advisorJohn E. Dennis
Doctoral studentsLeslie Greengard

Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. (born August 4, 1952) is a mathematician[1][2] and professor of computer science and mathematics at Yale University.[3] He is the co-inventor with Leslie Greengard of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1985, recognised as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century.[1][4][5]

In 2008, Rokhlin was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering for the development of fast multipole algorithms and their application to electromagnetic and acoustic scattering.

Short biography

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Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. was born on August 4, 1952, in Voronezh, USSR (now Russia). In 1973 he received a M.S. in mathematics from the University of Vilnius in Lithuania, and in 1983 a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Rice University located in Houston, Texas, United States. In 1985 Rokhlin started working at Yale University located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, where he is now professor of computer science and mathematics.[1][2]

He is the son of Soviet mathematician Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin.[6]

Awards and honors

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Rokhlin has received several awards and honors, including:

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "2001 Steele Prizes" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 48 (4): 404–407. April 2001. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "ICIAM Prizes". International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  3. ^ "Vladimir Rokhlin – Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics". Yale University. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Distinguished alumni recognized". Rice University. May 10, 2001. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  5. ^ Cipra, Barry Arthur (May 16, 2000). "The Best of the 20th Century: Editors Name Top 10 Algorithms" (PDF). SIAM News. 33 (4). Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: 2. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  6. ^ A. M. Vershik (1989). "Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin—A biographical tribute (23.8.1919–3.12.1984)". Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 9 (4). Cambridge University Press: 629–641. doi:10.1017/S0143385700005265.
  7. ^ "Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients". Rice University. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  8. ^ "NAE Members Directory – Dr. Vladimir Rokhlin". NAE. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  9. ^ "NAS Membership Directory". NAS. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  10. ^ "IEEE Honorary Membership Recipients" (PDF). IEEE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-29. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
  11. ^ "SIAM Fellows: Class of 2009". Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  12. ^ Newly Elected Members, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, April 2016, retrieved 2016-04-20
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