Jonathan Michael Borwein 1951 − 2016: Life and Legacy (original) (raw)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5206/mt.v1i2.14358

Keywords:

analysis, Borwein, experimental mathematics, mathematical education, mathematical finance, nonlinear analysis, number theory, optimization, special functions, visualization

Abstract

Jonathan M. Borwein (1951−2016) was a prolific mathematician
whose career spanned several countries
(UK, Canada, USA, Australia) and whose many interests included
analysis, optimization, number theory, special functions,
experimental mathematics, mathematical finance, mathematical education,
and visualization. We describe his life and legacy, and give an
annotated bibliography of some of his most significant books and papers.

Accompanying picture: Jonathan (standing) and Peter (seated) Borwein, at the IRMACS centre in SFU. Picture courtesy IRMACS and Judith Borwein.

Author Biography

Richard Brent, Australian National University

In 1978 Richard Brent was appointed Foundation Professor of Computer Science at ANU, and in 1985 he became Professor and Head of the Computer Sciences Laboratory in the Research School of Physical Sciences at ANU. In 1998 he moved to Oxford as Statutory Professor of Computing Science and Fellow of St Hugh's College. In March 2005 he returned to ANU to take up a 5-year position as an ARC Federation Fellow in the Mathematical Sciences Institute (MSI) and the Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering. In March 2010 he became a Distinguished Professor with a joint appointment in MSI and the School of Computer Science. Since Sept. 2011 he has been an Emeritus Professor at ANU. He is a Fellow of the ACM, IEEE, SIAM, the Australian Academy of Science, and various other professional bodies. His most recent book, Modern Computer Arithmetic (written jointly with Paul Zimmermann), was published in November 2010 by Cambridge University Press.