Wolfgang Hackbusch
German mathematician · Germany · On the map · Academics · Born 1948 · age 78
Wolfgang Hackbusch is a German mathematician, known for his pioneering research in multigrid methods and later hierarchical matrices, a concept generalizing the fast multipole method.
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2020Heinz Gumin Prize for MathematicsAward1996Brouwer MedalAward1994Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz PrizeAward1948Born24 October 1948
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He was a professor at the University of Kiel and is currently one of the directors of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences in Leipzig.
Country
Germany
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
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Living
Dates
Born 1948 · age 78
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