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Douglas N. Arnold

Director, Institute for Mathematics and its Applications (IMA)
President-elect, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Professor, School of Mathematics, University of Minnesota

Since 2001, I have directed the IMA, the leading interdisciplinary mathematical research institute in the world. In January 2009, I will assume the presidency of SIAM, the largest applied mathematics and computational science professional organization. My research mostly concerns numerical analysis, partial differential equations, mechanics, and the interplay between these fields. Much of my recent effort has been directed toward the development of the finite element exterior calculus.


IMA "From the Director" columns

The math video with more than a million views on YouTube! Moebius movie frame
New! Möbius Transformation Revealed is a winner in 2007 Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge
Math at the Masters: A Mathematician's Foray into Advertising
Finite elements for symmetric tensors in three dimensions
Finite element exterior calculus, homological techniques, and applications

Last modified December 1, 2007 by Douglas N. Arnold