Magnus Hestenes
Magnus Hestenes | |
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| Born | February 13, 1906 |
| Died | May 31, 1991 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral advisor | Gilbert Bliss |
| Doctoral students | Glen Culler William Karush Richard Tapia Jesse Wilkins, Jr. |
Magnus Rudolph Hestenes (February 13, 1906 – May 31, 1991) was an American mathematician best known for his contributions to calculus of variations and optimal control.[1] As a pioneer in computer science, he devised the conjugate gradient method, published jointly with Eduard Stiefel.[2][3]
Biography[edit]
Born in Bricelyn, Minnesota, Hestenes earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1932 under Gilbert Bliss. His dissertation was titled "Sufficient Conditions for the General Problem of Mayer with Variable End-Points." After teaching as an associate professor at Chicago, in 1947 he moved to a professorship at UCLA. He continued there until his retirement in 1973, and during that time he served as department chair from 1950–58. While a professor, Hestenes supervised the thesis research of 34 students, among them Glen Culler, Richard Tapia and Jesse Wilkins, Jr..
Hestenes received the Guggenheim (1954) and Fulbright awards, was a vice president of the American Mathematical Society, and was an invited speaker at the 1954 International Congress of Mathematicians in Amsterdam.
He died on May 31, 1991 in Los Angeles, California.
References[edit]
- ^ Hestenes, Magnus R. (1966). Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
- ^ Hestenes, Magnus; Stiefel, E. (1952). "Methods of Conjugate Gradients for Solving Linear Systems" (PDF). Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. 49 (6): 409–438.
- ^ Hestenes, Magnus (1990). "Conjugacy and Gradients". In Nash, Stephen. A History of Scientific Computing. New York: ACM Press. pp. 167–179. ISBN 0-201-50814-1.
External links[edit]
- Magnus Hestenes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Obituary in the Numerical Analysis Digest
- Magnus Hestenes at Find a Grave
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