Born in Bricelyn, Minnesota, Hestenes graduated with a B.S. in 1927 from St. Olaf College and with an M.A. in 1928 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[4] He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1932 under Gilbert Bliss. His dissertation was titled "Sufficient Conditions for the General Problem of Mayer with Variable End-Points." After teaching as an associate professor at Chicago, in 1947 he moved to a professorship at UCLA. He continued there until his retirement in 1973, and during that time he served as department chair from 1950 to 1958. While a professor, Hestenes supervised the thesis research of 34 students, among them Glen Culler, Richard Tapia and Jesse Wilkins, Jr.
Hestenes received the Guggenheim (1954) and Fulbright awards, was a vice president of the American Mathematical Society, and was an invited speaker at the 1954 International Congress of Mathematicians in Amsterdam.[5]
He is the father of mathematician and physicist David Hestenes.
Hestenes, Magnus Rudolph (1928). Path of a Rotating Sphere. University of Wisconsin–Madison. (M.A. thesis)
——— (1966). Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory. ISBN9780471374701.
——— (1975). Optimization Theory: The Finite Dimensional Case. ISBN9780471374718.[6]
——— (1980). Conjugate Direction Methods in Optimization. ISBN9783540904557.
Landesman, Edward M.; ——— (1992). Linear Algebra for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. ISBN9780135295618.
Referencesedit
^Hestenes, Magnus R. (1966). Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
^Hestenes, Magnus; Stiefel, E. (1952). "Methods of Conjugate Gradients for Solving Linear Systems" (PDF). Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards. 49 (6): 409–438.
^Hestenes, Magnus (1990). "Conjugacy and Gradients". In Nash, Stephen (ed.). A History of Scientific Computing. New York: ACM Press. pp. 167–179. ISBN0-201-50814-1.
^"Magnus R. Hestenes". Computer Pioneers by J. A. N. Lee, IEEE Computer Society.
^Hestenes, Magnus R. (1954). "Hilbert space methods in variational theory and numerical analysis". In: Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians. Vol. 3. pp. 229–236.
^Jeroslow, Robert G. (1977). "Book Review: Optimization theory, the finite dimensional case". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 83 (3): 324–336. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1977-14252-3.
magnus, hestenes, magnus, rudolph, hestenes, february, 1906, 1991, american, mathematician, best, known, contributions, calculus, variations, optimal, control, pioneer, computer, science, devised, conjugate, gradient, method, published, jointly, with, eduard, . Magnus Rudolph Hestenes February 13 1906 May 31 1991 was an American mathematician best known for his contributions to calculus of variations and optimal control 1 As a pioneer in computer science he devised the conjugate gradient method published jointly with Eduard Stiefel 2 3 Magnus HestenesBornFebruary 13 1906Bricelyn Minnesota USDiedMay 31 1991 1991 06 01 aged 85 Los Angeles California USAlma materUniversity of ChicagoKnown forAugmented Lagrangian methodConjugate gradient methodAwardsGuggenheim Fellowship 1954 Scientific careerFieldsMathematicsInstitutionsUniversity of California Los AngelesDoctoral advisorGilbert BlissDoctoral studentsGlen Culler William Karush Mary Landers Richard Tapia Jesse Wilkins Jr Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected publications 3 References 4 External linksBiography editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed April 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Born in Bricelyn Minnesota Hestenes graduated with a B S in 1927 from St Olaf College and with an M A in 1928 from the University of Wisconsin Madison 4 He earned his Ph D at the University of Chicago in 1932 under Gilbert Bliss His dissertation was titled Sufficient Conditions for the General Problem of Mayer with Variable End Points After teaching as an associate professor at Chicago in 1947 he moved to a professorship at UCLA He continued there until his retirement in 1973 and during that time he served as department chair from 1950 to 1958 While a professor Hestenes supervised the thesis research of 34 students among them Glen Culler Richard Tapia and Jesse Wilkins Jr Hestenes received the Guggenheim 1954 and Fulbright awards was a vice president of the American Mathematical Society and was an invited speaker at the 1954 International Congress of Mathematicians in Amsterdam 5 He is the father of mathematician and physicist David Hestenes He died on May 31 1991 in Los Angeles California Selected publications editHestenes Magnus Rudolph 1928 Path of a Rotating Sphere University of Wisconsin Madison M A thesis 1966 Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory ISBN 9780471374701 1975 Optimization Theory The Finite Dimensional Case ISBN 9780471374718 6 1980 Conjugate Direction Methods in Optimization ISBN 9783540904557 Landesman Edward M 1992 Linear Algebra for Mathematics Science and Engineering ISBN 9780135295618 References edit Hestenes Magnus R 1966 Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory New York John Wiley amp Sons Hestenes Magnus Stiefel E 1952 Methods of Conjugate Gradients for Solving Linear Systems PDF Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards 49 6 409 438 Hestenes Magnus 1990 Conjugacy and Gradients In Nash Stephen ed A History of Scientific Computing New York ACM Press pp 167 179 ISBN 0 201 50814 1 Magnus R Hestenes Computer Pioneers by J A N Lee IEEE Computer Society Hestenes Magnus R 1954 Hilbert space methods in variational theory and numerical analysis In Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians Vol 3 pp 229 236 Jeroslow Robert G 1977 Book Review Optimization theory the finite dimensional case Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 83 3 324 336 doi 10 1090 S0002 9904 1977 14252 3 External links editMagnus Hestenes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project Obituary in the Numerical Analysis Digest Magnus Hestenes at Find a Grave nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Magnus Hestenes amp oldid 1158216700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
