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Gene Golub

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Gene Golub · Science & Medicine

What

Numerical linear algebra; the singular value decomposition

When

1932, Chicago, Illinois, United States — 2007, Stanford, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Gene Golub is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Numerical linear algebra; the singular value decomposition

How & why

Gene H. Golub was an American mathematician and a founder of modern numerical linear algebra, best known for practical, stable algorithms to compute the singular value decomposition (SVD) and for the widely used textbook 'Matrix Computations'. He was Jewish, the son of Jewish immigrants, and spent his career at Stanford University.

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Numerical linear algebra; the singular value decomposition

1932

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics