James H. Wilkinson

James Hardy Wilkinson FRS (27 September 1919 – 5 October 1986) was a prominent figure in the field of numerical analysis, a field at the boundary of applied mathematics and computer science particularly useful to physics and engineering.

For other people named James Wilkinson, see James Wilkinson (disambiguation).

Jim Wilkinson
Jim Wilkinson with his Turing Award
Born
James Hardy Wilkinson

(1919-09-27)27 September 1919
Strood, England
Died5 October 1986(1986-10-05) (aged 67)
Teddington, England
NationalityEnglish
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Known for
  • Wilkinson matrix
  • Wilkinson's polynomial
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNumerical Analysis
Numerical linear algebra
InstitutionsNational Physical Laboratory
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