Michael J. D. Powell

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British mathematician

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Michael James David Powell FRS FAA was a British mathematician, who worked in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. Wikipedia

Born: 1936, London, United Kingdom

Died: April 19, 2015 (age 79 years)

Notable students: Coralia Cartis, Ionnis Constantine Demetriou, Anita Christine Faul, and more

Books: Approximation theory and methods, A Fortran Subroutine for Solving Systems of Non-linear Algebraic Equations, A Fortran Subroutine for Plotting the Part of a Conic that is Inside a Given Triangle, and more

Award: Naylor Prize and Lectureship

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