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Davis, Philip J., 1923-2018

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Personal name headingDavis, Philip J., 1923-2018
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0000-0003-3209-5182
74662771
Q441724
Birth date1923-01-02
Death date2018-03-13
Place of birthLawrence (Mass.)
Field of activityNumerical analysis
Approximation theory
Mathematics--History
Mathematics--Philosophy
AffiliationBrown University. Division of Applied Mathematics
Harvard University
Profession or occupationMathematicians
University and college faculty members
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Found inHis The lore of large numbers, 1961.
His Thomas Gray in Copenhagen, 1995: CIP t.p. (Philip J. Davis) author info. (Dept. of Applied Math., Brown Univ., Providence, R.I.)
Wikipedia, viewed May 7, 2020 (Phlip J. Davis; born January 2, 1923 in Lawrence, Massachusetts; died March 13, 2018; American academic applied mathematician; SB, 1945, PhD, 1950, Harvard University; Professor Emeritius, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University; known for his work in numerical analysis and approximation theory as well as the history and philosophy of mathematics)
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