Ivar Stakgold Explained

Ivar Stakgold (December 13, 1925 – May 29, 2018)[1] was a Norwegian-born American academic mathematician and bridge player from Newark, Delaware. As the sole author of two books he specialized in boundary value problems (LCSH).

Life

Stakgold was born in Oslo, Norway to parents with Russian-Jewish heritage.[2] [3] He studied applied mathematics at Harvard University and earned the Ph.D. in 1949 with a dissertation, The Cauchy Relations In A Molecular Theory of Elasticity, under Léon Nicolas Brillouin. He was professor emeritus of mathematical sciences at the University of Delaware and a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.[4] He was a former president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).[5]

Books

By Stakgold

Other

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

Wins

Runners-up

Notes and References

  1. News: . Obituary: Ivar Stakgold. The San Diego Union Tribune . San Diego, California. 12 June 2018. 14 June 2018.
  2. Web site: Ivar Stakgold Obituary (1925 - 2018) - San Diego, Ca, CA - San Diego Union-Tribune. Legacy.com.
  3. Book: American Men & Women of Science: Q-S. 2003. Thomson Gale. 0787665290. 943.
  4. Web site: CCoM People Faculty. Center for Computational Mathematics. University of California, San Diego. 2024-06-19.
  5. http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0607/78027259-b.html "Contributor biographical information for Green's functions and boundary value problems / Ivar Stakgold"
  6. http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0726/99088661-d.html "Publisher description for Boundary value problems of mathematical physics / Ivar Stakgold"
  7. News: Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 11 . 2014-07-27 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163800/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db7.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
  8. News: Vanderbilt Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 6 . 2014-03-24 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163636/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/01/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
  9. News: Mixed BAM Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 14 . 2014-07-24 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163650/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db7.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
  10. News: Reisinger Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 6 . 2013-12-06 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163719/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db8.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
  11. News: Spingold Previous Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 12 . 2014-07-21 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163711/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2014/02/bulletins/db4.pdf . 2014-10-21 .
  12. News: Mitchell BAM Winners . American Contract Bridge League . 8 . 2013-12-01 . 2014-10-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141021163618/http://www.acbl.org/nabc/2013/03/bulletins/db3.pdf . 2014-10-21 .