Mark Ainsworth
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CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Almamater
- Durham University (BSc, PhD)
AwardsWhitehead Prize (2004)
FieldsApplied mathematics
Mark Ainsworth | |
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| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Alma mater |
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| Awards | Whitehead Prize (2004) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Applied mathematics |
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| Thesis | A Posteriori Error Estimation in the Finite Element Method (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | A. W. Craig |
| Website | vivo |
Mark Ainsworth is a British mathematician. He is the Francis Wayland Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.[1]
Ainsworth studied mathematics at Durham University, where he graduated in 1986 with first-class honours and received the Collingwood Memorial Prize for the strongest performance in final exams.[2][3] He completed his doctorate in 1989 from the same institution under the supervision of A. W. Craig.[3][1]
Research and career
Ainsworth held the 1825 Chair at the University of Strathclyde before joining Brown University.[1]
He received the Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society in 2004 for his contributions to numerical analysis.[4]
