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Arieh Iserles

Arieh Iserles is an Israeli-born computational mathematician and Professor of the Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations at the University of Cambridge.

born 1947Numerical analysis of differential equationsEditing Acta NumericaComputing highly oscillatory phenomena

Born: 2 September 1947
Occupation: mathematician
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Arieh Iserles was born in 1947

Arieh Iserles was born on 2 September 1947. He is married to Dganit and has 2 daughters.

He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His PhD dealt with numerical methods for stiff ordinary differential equations.

He became a professor at the University of Cambridge and a member of its Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics. His research covers differential equations, approximation theory, geometric numerical integration, orthogonal polynomials and highly oscillatory phenomena. He wrote the textbook A First Course in the Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations, with a 2nd edition in 2009.

He is managing editor of Acta Numerica and editor-in-chief of IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis. He chaired the Society for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics from 1997 to 2000 and directed the Cambridge Centre for Analysis from 2010 to 2015.

Milestones in Arieh Iserles's life

1947
Born on 2 September.
1997
Became chair of the Society for the Foundations of Computational Mathematics.
1999
Received the Onsager Medal from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
2009
Published the 2nd edition of his numerical analysis textbook.
2010
Became a director of the Cambridge Centre for Analysis.
2012
Received the David Crighton Medal and spoke at the 6th European Congress of Mathematics.
2014
Received the SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession.