Ivar_Stakgold Knowpia

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 edit

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 edit

By Stakgold edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

^ "Obituary: Ivar Stakgold". The San Diego Union Tribune. San Diego, California. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ ^a ^b "Publisher description for Boundary value problems of mathematical physics / Ivar Stakgold". Library of Congress. [2000]. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
With more information linked.
^ "Ivar Stakgold Obituary (1925 - 2018) - San Diego, Ca, CA - San Diego Union-Tribune". Legacy.com.
^ American Men & Women of Science: Q-S. Thomson Gale. 2003. p. 943. ISBN 0787665290.
^ "Ivar Stakgold". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
^ UCSD faculty bio. ^{[full citation needed]}
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "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.

External links edit

"International record for Ivar Stakgold". World Bridge Federation.
Ivar Stakgold at Library of Congress, with 8 library catalog records

[obit-1] "Obituary: Ivar Stakgold". The San Diego Union Tribune. San Diego, California. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.

[OEB-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.

[LCC1-3] "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.

[LCC2-4] "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.

[MGP-7] "Ivar Stakgold". Mathematics Genealogy Project. North Dakota State University. Retrieved 2014-11-04.

[8] UCSD faculty bio. ^{[full citation needed]}

[American_Contract_Bridge_League-9] "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.

[Spingold_Previous_Winners-13] "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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