Ivar Stakgold (December 13, 1925 – May 29, 2018)[1] was a Norwegian-born American academic mathematician and bridge player from Newark, Delaware.[2] As the sole author of two books he specialized in boundary value problems (LCSH).[3][4]

Life

Stakgold was born in Oslo, Norway to parents with Russian-Jewish heritage.[5][6] 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.[7] He was professor emeritus of mathematical sciences at the University of Delaware and a researcher at the University of California, San Diego.[8] He was a former president of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).[3]

Books

By Stakgold

  • Boundary Value Problems of Mathematical Physics, 2 vols. (Macmillan, 1967), Macmillan series in advanced mathematics and theoretical physics, LCCN 67-10304; reprint 2000, SIAM Classics in applied mathematics, no. 29[4]
  • Nonlinear Problems in the Physical Sciences and Biology: proceedings of a Battelle Summer Institute, Seattle, July 3–28, 1972, eds. Stakgold and others (Springer-Verlag, 1973), LCCN 73-78428
  • Green's Functions and Boundary Value Problems (Wiley, 1979); 2nd ed. 1998; 3rd ed. 2011, Stakgold and Michael J. Holst[3]
  • Analytical and Computational Methods in Scattering and Applied Mathematics, eds. Fadil Santosa and Stakgold (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2000) – "A volume to the memory of Ralph Ellis Kleinman", LCCN 99-87683

Other

  • Nonlinear Problems in Applied Mathematics: in honor of Ivar Stakgold on his 70th birthday,eds. T.S. Angell and others (Philadelphia:SIAM, 1996), LCCN 96-112982

Bridge accomplishments

Awards

Wins

Runners-up

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary: Ivar Stakgold". The San Diego Union Tribune. San Diego , California. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 746. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639.
  3. 1 2 3 "Contributor biographical information for Green's functions and boundary value problems / Ivar Stakgold". Library of Congress. [1998?]. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
     With more information linked.
  4. 1 2 "Publisher description for Boundary value problems of mathematical physics / Ivar Stakgold". Library of Congress. [2000]. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
     With more information linked.
  5. ↑ "Ivar Stakgold Obituary (1925 - 2018) - San Diego, Ca, CA - San Diego Union-Tribune". Legacy.com.
  6. ↑ American Men & Women of Science: Q-S. Thomson Gale. 2003. p. 943. ISBN 0787665290.
  7. ↑ "Ivar Stakgold". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  8. ↑ UCSD faculty bio.
  9. 1 2 "Silodor Open Pairs Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-27. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  10. ↑ "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  11. ↑ "Mixed BAM Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-24. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  12. ↑ "Reisinger Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-06. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  13. 1 2 "Spingold Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-07-21. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  14. ↑ "Mitchell BAM Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2013-12-01. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
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