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A Personal Perspective on Numerical Analysis and Optimization

Numerical Analysis 2020-09-25 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

I give a brief, non-technical, historical perspective on numerical analysis and optimization. I also touch on emerging trends and future challenges. This content is based on the short presentation that I made at the opening ceremony of \emph{The International Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization}, which was held at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, on January 6--9, 2020. Of course, the material covered here is necessarily incomplete and biased towards my own interests and comfort zones. My aim is to give a feel for how the area has developed over the past few decades and how it may continue.

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@article{arxiv.2009.11369,
  title  = {A Personal Perspective on Numerical Analysis and Optimization},
  author = {Desmond J. Higham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.11369},
  year   = {2020}
}
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