Description
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) oral histories collection contains thirty-six transcripts of applied mathematics and computer science pioneers conducted by SIAM as part of grant number DE-FG02-01ER25547, awarded by the US Department of Energy. These oral histories cover the modern history of numerical analysis and scientific computing, dealing specifically with topics of numerical linear algebra, numerical methods for differential and integral equations, methods of approximation of functions, mathematical software packages, and the impact of these developments on science and technology.
Date
1984-2005; bulk 2003-2005
Publisher
SIAM and U.S. Department of Energy
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA, USA
Format
PDF
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Transcription
Collection Title
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) oral history collection
Credit
Gift of SIAM and the US Department of Energy