Jonathan Borwein
Jonathan Borwein · Science & Medicine
Pioneer of experimental mathematics and pi computation
1951, St Andrews, Scotland, United Kingdom — 2016, Canada
United Kingdom · Canada · Australia
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Jonathan Borwein was a mathematician and a pioneer of experimental mathematics — using computation and visualization to discover and test mathematical results — and was especially known for algorithms computing π to extraordinary precision. He held professorships in Canada and Australia and co-authored widely with his brother Peter. He came from an Ashkenazi Jewish family; his father David Borwein was also a noted mathematician.
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Pioneer of experimental mathematics and pi computation
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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