Theodore J. Rivlin

Theodore Joseph Rivlin (11 September 1926, Brooklyn – 22 July 2006, Croton-on-Hudson) was an American mathematician, specializing in approximation theory. He is known for his 1969 book An Introduction to the Approximation of Functions (Dover reprint, 1981), which became a standard text.[1][2]

  1. ^ Micchelli, Charles A.; Varga, Richard S. (2009). "In Memoriam: Theodore J. Rivlin (1926–2006)" (PDF). Journal of Approximation Theory. 161 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.jat.2006.12.012.
  2. ^ Stenger, Allen (21 January 2016). "Review of Interpolation and Approximation by Philip J. Davis". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America; (mention of 4 books on approximation theory){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)