Leslie Greengard
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Leslie Frederick Greengard (born 1957) is an American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist.[2][3] He is co-inventor with Vladimir Rokhlin Jr. of the fast multipole method (FMM) in 1987, recognized as one of the top-ten algorithms of the 20th century.[2][4]
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Born | Leslie Frederick Greengard 1957 (age 66ā67) London, United Kingdom |
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Known for | Fast multipole method |
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Relatives | Chris Chase (aunt) |
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Fields | Applied mathematics |
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Thesis | The Rapid Evaluation of Potential Fields in Particle Systems (1987) |
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Greengard was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 for work on the development of algorithms and software for fast multipole methods.