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World Ranking
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241

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions to spline theory, approximation theory, and numerical analysis, and for service to the profession.
  • 2013 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to the theory and applications of spline functions, geometric design and finite elements.

Overview

Larry L. Schumaker is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within the field of engineering. Their work spans subfields such as computational mechanics, computer graphics and computer-aided design, and numerical analysis.

The scientist has contributed publications to notable venues including:

  • Computer Aided Geometric Design
  • Journal of Scientific Computing

Recent papers authored by Larry L. Schumaker cover topics in numerical methods and spline approximations, including:

  • Approximation by polynomial splines on curved triangulations (2021) in Computer Aided Geometric Design
  • Solving Elliptic PDE's Using Polynomial Splines on Curved Triangulations (2022) in Journal of Scientific Computing

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Schumaker are:

  • Annan Yu
  • Gregory E. Fasshauer
  • Marian Neamtu

The scientist has also contributed to book publications with established publishers such as the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and Springer International Publishing. Notable book titles include:

  • Spline Functions: More Computational Methods (2024)
  • Approximation Theory XVI (2021)

Key research topics Larry L. Schumaker has engaged with include:

  • Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
  • Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
  • 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations

Within their field of study, the scientist has established a focus on:

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
  • Numerical Analysis

Larry L. Schumaker has been recognized with awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2018) for contributions to spline theory, approximation theory, numerical analysis, and service to the profession
  • SIAM Fellow (2013) for contributions to the theory and applications of spline functions, geometric design, and finite elements

Best Publications

  • Spline Functions: Basic Theory

    Larry L. Schumaker

  • Fundamentals of Computer Aided Geometric Design

    Josef Hoschek;Dieter Lasser;Larry L. Schumaker

  • Spline Functions on Triangulations

    Ming-Jun Lai;Larry L. Schumaker

  • Mathematical Methods for Curves and Surfaces

    Michael Floater;Tom Lyche;Marie-Laurence Mazure;Knut Mørken

  • Fitting surfaces to scattered data

    Larry L Schumaker

  • Curve and Surface Fitting with Splines.

    Larry L. Schumaker;Paul Dierckx

  • Local Spline Approximation Methods

    Tom Lyche;Larry L Schumaker;Larry L Schumaker

  • Mathematical Methods in Computer Aided Geometric Design

    Tom Lyche;Larry L. Schumaker

  • Surface Fitting and Multiresolution Methods

    Alain Le Mehaute;Larry L. Schumaker;Christophe Rabut

  • On the Dimension of Spaces Of Piecewise Polynomials in Two Variables

    Larry L. Schumaker

  • Approximation Theory II

    G G Lorentz;C K Chui;L L Schumaker

  • Scattered data fitting on the sphere

    Gregory E. Fasshauer;Larry L. Schumaker

  • Fitting scattered data on sphere-like surfaces using spherical splines

    Peter Alfeld;Marian Neamtu;Larry L. Schumaker

  • The dimension of bivariate spline spaces of smoothnessr for degreed≥4r+1

    Peter Alfeld;L. L. Schumaker

  • Bernstein-Be´zier polynomials on spheres and sphere-like surfaces

    Peter Alfeld;Marian Neamtu;Larry L. Schumaker

  • On the approximation power of bivariate splines

    Ming-Jun Lai;Larry L. Schumaker

  • Bounds on the dimension of spaces of multivariate piecewise polynomials

    Larry L. Schumaker

  • Recent advances in wavelet analysis

    Larry L. Schumaker;Glenn Webb

  • Curve and Surface Fitting: Saint-Malo 1999

    Albert Cohen;Larry L. Schumaker;Christophe Rabut

  • Curves and surfaces in geometric design

    Pierre Jean Laurent;Alain Le Méhauté;Larry L. Schumaker

  • Approximation Theory VI

    Charles K. Chui;Larry L. Schumaker;J. D. Ward

  • Approximation Theory IV

    C. K. Chui;L. L. Schumaker;J. D. Ward

  • Studies in spline functions and approximation theory

    Larry L. Schumaker;Samuel Karlin;Charles A. Micchelli;Allan Pinkus

  • Topics in Multivariate Approximation

    Larry L. Schumaker;Florencio I. Utreras;Charles K. Chui

  • Mathematical Methods in Computer Aided Geometric Design.

    Tom Lyche;Larry L. Schumaker

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Lyche
Tom Lyche University of Oslo
Charles K. Chui
Charles K. Chui Hong Kong Baptist University
Albert Cohen
Albert Cohen Google (United States)
Joseph D. Ward
Joseph D. Ward Texas A&M University
Dietrich Braess
Dietrich Braess Ruhr University Bochum
Michael S. Floater
Michael S. Floater University of Oslo
Elaine Cohen
Elaine Cohen University of Utah
Olvi L. Mangasarian
Olvi L. Mangasarian University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mark Ainsworth
Mark Ainsworth Brown University
Kamy Sepehrnoori
Kamy Sepehrnoori The University of Texas at Austin

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