Ivar Stakgold
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]Awards
[edit]- Mott-Smith Trophy (1) 1958
Wins
[edit]- North American Bridge Championships (5)
- Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1958 [9]
- Vanderbilt (1) 1958 [10]
- Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1969 [11]
- Reisinger (1) 1958 [12]
- Spingold (1) 1962 [13]
Runners-up
[edit]- Bermuda Bowl (1) 1959
- North American Bridge Championships
- Silodor Open Pairs (1) 1963 [9]
- Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (1) 1957 [14]
- Spingold (1) 1958 [13]
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.
- ^ "CCoM People Faculty". Center for Computational Mathematics. University of California, San Diego. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ 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
