Eric de Sturler (born 15 January 1966,
Groningen
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) is a
Professor
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of
Mathematics
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at
Virginia Tech
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in
Blacksburg,
Virginia
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. He is on the editorial board of ''Applied Numerical Mathematics'' and the ''Open Applied Mathematics Journal''.
Prof. de Sturler completed his
Ph.D.
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under the direction of
Henk van der Vorst at
Technische Universiteit Delft in 1994. His thesis is entitled ''Iterative Methods on Distributive Memory Computers''. He was a second-place winner of the
Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis The Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is a biennial prize established in 1985 by the IMA in honour of mathematician Leslie Fox (1918-1992). The prize honours "young numerical analyst ...
in 1997.
His research focuses on
preconditioned iterative methods for solving
linear
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and
nonlinear systems, with applications in
computational physics, material science, and mathematical biology.
References
External links
Eric de Sturler's personal webpage
1966 births
Living people
Dutch mathematicians
De Sturler, Eric
De Sturler, Eric
Delft University of Technology alumni
Scientists from Groningen (city)
Dutch expatriates in the United States
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