Michael J. D. Powell

Michael Powell
FRS FAA
Born
Michael James David Powell

(1936-07-29)29 July 1936
London
Died19 April 2015(2015-04-19) (aged 78)[2]
EducationFrensham Heights School
Eastbourne College
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, ScD)[3]
Known forPowell's method
Davidon–Fletcher–Powell formula
AwardsNaylor Prize and Lectureship
Scientific career
FieldsNumerical analysis
Optimization
Approximation[1]
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge
Websitemichaeljdpowell.blogspot.co.uk

Michael James David Powell FRS FAA[2] (29 July 1936 – 19 April 2015) was a British mathematician, who worked in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge.[3][1][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b Michael J. D. Powell publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Buhmann, Martin D.; Fletcher, Roger; Iserles, Arieh; Toint, Philippe (2018). "Michael J. D. Powell. 29 July 1936 – 19 April 2015" (PDF). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 64. London: Royal Society: 341–366. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2017.0023. ISSN 0080-4606. S2CID 59006501.
  3. ^ a b Michael J. D. Powell at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ ICNAAO 2016 (5 August—7, 2016, Beijing), a memorial conference organized by Professor Ya-xiang Yuan
  5. ^ A memorial site set up by Dr. Dominique Orban
  6. ^ An Interview with M. J. D. Powell by Luis Nunes Vicente, 14 June 2003