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68
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World Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - SIAM Fellow For contributions to numerical methods for partial differential equations, signal processing, and learning.
  • 2009 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematics

Overview

Wolfgang Dahmen is affiliated with the University of South Carolina in the United States. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a focus on several key subfields including Computational Mechanics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Applied Mathematics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The main topics of Dahmen's work cover a range of advanced scientific areas, such as:

  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics
  • Magnetic confinement fusion research
  • Electromagnetic Simulation and Numerical Methods
  • Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics
  • Particle accelerators and beam dynamics
  • Plasma Diagnostics and Applications

Wolfgang Dahmen has a notable publication record, contributing to several respected venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Scientific Computing
  • Journal of Computational Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Computer Physics Communications

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dahmen feature topics related to electromagnetic methods, plasma physics, and computational frameworks. These include:

  • Variational Framework for Structure-Preserving Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Methods, 2022, Journal of Scientific Computing
  • A semi-implicit electromagnetic FEM-PIC scheme with exact energy and charge conservation, 2022, Journal of Computational Physics
  • Numerical tools for burning plasmas, 2023, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
  • A new method to dispatch split particles in Particle-In-Cell codes, 2020, Computer Physics Communications
  • A Broken FEEC Framework for Electromagnetic Problems on Mapped Multipatch Domains, 2023, Journal of Scientific Computing

The scientist frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including:

  • Éric Sonnendrücker
  • Yaman Güçlü
  • Valentín Carlier
  • Katharina Kormann
  • A. Bottino

Wolfgang Dahmen has been recognized within their professional community with awards such as the SIAM Fellow in 2019, highlighting contributions to numerical methods for partial differential equations, signal processing, and learning. Additionally, they are a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, an affiliation noted in 2009 under the field of Mathematics.

Best Publications

  • Compressed sensing and best k-term approximation

    Albert Cohen;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ronald DeVore

  • Stationary Subdivision

    Alfred S. Cavaretta;Charles A. Micchelli;Wolfgang Dahmen

  • Adaptive Finite Element Methods with convergence rates

    Peter Binev;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ron DeVore

  • Wavelet and multiscale methods for operator equations

    Wolfgang Dahmen

  • Adaptive wavelet methods for elliptic operator equations: convergence rates

    Albert Cohen;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ronald DeVore

  • Convergence Rates for Greedy Algorithms in Reduced Basis Methods

    Peter Binev;Albert Cohen;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ronald A. DeVore

  • Multilevel preconditioning

    Wolfgang Dahmen;Angela Kunoth

  • Biorthogonal Spline Wavelets on the Interval—Stability and Moment Conditions

    Wolfgang Dahmen;Angela Kunoth;Karsten Urban

  • Approximation and learning by greedy algorithms

    Andrew R. Barron;Albert Cohen;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ronald A. DeVore

  • Using the refinement equation for evaluating integrals of wavelets

    Wolfgang Dahmen;Charles A. Micchelli

  • Picometre-precision analysis of scanning transmission electron microscopy images of platinum nanocatalysts

    Andrew B. Yankovich;Benjamin Berkels;W. Dahmen;P. Binev

  • Adaptive Wavelet Methods II—Beyond the Elliptic Case

    Albert Cohen;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ronald A. DeVore

  • Wavelet approximation methods for pseudodifferential equations II: Matrix compression and fast solution

    Wolfgang Dahmen;S. Prössdorf;Reinhold Schneider

  • Introduction to Model Based Optimization of Chemical Processes on Moving Horizons

    Thomas Binder;Luise Blank;H. Georg Bock;Roland Bulirsch

  • Local Decomposition of Refinable Spaces and Wavelets

    J.M. Carnicer;W. Dahmen;J.M. Peña

  • Wavelets on Manifolds I: Construction and Domain Decomposition

    Wolfgang Dahmen;Reinhold Schneider

  • Stability of Multiscale Transformations.

    Wolfgang Dahmen

  • Tree Approximation and Optimal Encoding

    Albert Cohen;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ingrid Daubechies;Ronald DeVore

  • Composite wavelet bases for operator equations

    Wolfgang Dahmen;Reinhold Schneider

  • Harmonic analysis of the space BV.

    Albert Cohen;Wolfgang Dahmen;Ingrid Daubechies;Ronald A. DeVore

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles A. Micchelli
Charles A. Micchelli University at Albany, State University of New York
Ronald A. DeVore
Ronald A. DeVore Texas A&M University
Reinhold Schneider
Reinhold Schneider Technical University of Berlin
Albert Cohen
Albert Cohen Google (United States)
Stephan Dahlke
Stephan Dahlke Philipp University of Marburg
Wolfgang Marquardt
Wolfgang Marquardt RWTH Aachen University
Rob Stevenson
Rob Stevenson University of Amsterdam
Paul M. Voyles
Paul M. Voyles University of Wisconsin–Madison
Gitta Kutyniok
Gitta Kutyniok Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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