Steven J. Leon Chancellor Professor Mathematics Department University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300 Email: sleon@umassd.edu Group I, Room 394D  Tel: (508) 999-8320  Fax: (508) 910-6917

UMass Dartmouth   | Mathematics Dept | Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Group

Gene H. Golub (1932-2007), Pioneer in Computational Mathematics    

• UMass Dartmouth tribute - Gene Golub Remembered
• Golub Around the World
• Golub Memorial Blog Site
• Gene H. Golub Biography by Chen Greif
• The Golub Tree
• Gene Golub homepage at Stanford
• ISI Highly Cited Researchers listing for Gene Golub
• New York Times Obituary
• Golub least squares lecture video

Ongoing Projects

• ATLAST Project
  MATLAB News and Notes  is printed twice a year and distributed to the entire international community of users of the MATLAB software package (over a million subscribers). The October 2006 issue featured a short article about the ATLAST Project. (See preprint.)
• Associate Editor of IMAGE, the Bulletin of the International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS)
• Member of the ILAS Education Committee
  

• Linear Algebra with Applications, 7th edition (Prentice-Hall)

 
 



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• Prentice Hall Companion Web site for the 7th edition 
This page contains supplemental features for students and instructors.

• Supplemental Chapters:

Two additional chapters are available for download in pdf format.
  8.ITERATIVE METHODS
  9. CANONICAL FORMS

• Errata (7th edition)

 
• Companion manuals

All companion manuals listed below are available at no extra charge when ordered as a bundle with the 7th edition. To order the 2-book bundles use the ISBN's listed below.  To order individual copies of the bundles click on:  List of 2 book bundles.

• ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra, 2nd edition by Steven J. Leon, Eugene Herman, and Richard Faulkenberry. ISBN 0-13-169817-6
• Student Study Guide, 7E by Steven J. Leon. ISBN 0-13-224555-8
• Visualizing Linear Algebra using Maple by Sandra Keith. ISBN  0-13-169818-4.
• Understanding Linear Algebra using MATLAB by Irwin and Margaret Kleinfeld. ISBN 0-13-169820-6.
• Linear Algebra Labs with MATLAB, 3rd ed. by David R. Hill and David E. Zitarelli. ISBN 0-13-143274-5
• A Maple Supplement for Linear Algebra by John Maloney. ISBN 0-13-145337-8

 
• Errata Pages for all books and manuals written by Steven J. Leon

 

• ATLAST Computer Exercises for Linear Algebra, Second Edition

The ATLAST collection of MATLAB computer exercises for linear algebra is an inexpensive paperback manual that can be used in conjunction with any linear algebra textbook. The  book is currently  being offered as a bundle with any of the Prentice-Hall linear algebra textbooks.  To order the book go to the Prentice-Hall ATLAST Web page.
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• Covers of some previous and foreign editions of the linear algebra book.

 


6th edition	5th edition	4th edition	Spanish edition
Chinese 6th edition	Indonesian edition	Portuguese edition	Malaysian edition
First edition	Second edition	Third edition	Chinese 7th edition
7th edition (International)	3rd edition (International)	4th edition (International)	UC Irvine Custom edition

 

Course Information

Fall Classes

• Fall 2007
• MTH 102 (Section 02) - Brief Calculus
• MTH 221 (Sections 01 and 02) - Linear Algebra

• Spring 2008
        MTH 353        Applied Linear Algebra
        MTH 362        Numerical Analysis II
        MTH 499/599  Selected Topics in Mathematics  
                            (Solving Problems in Scientific Computing using MATLAB and Maple)

Professional Background

Areas of specialization

• Scientific Computing
• Linear Algebra
• Applied Mathematics

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, Michigan State University, 1971

Professional Affiliations

• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
• SIAM Special Interest Group on Linear Algebra (SIAG LA)
• The International Linear Algebra Society (ILAS)
• Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

Job History

Professional Experience

Selected Publications

Other Links of Interest

• National Science Foundation
• MathWorks
• NIST
• NetLib
• NA-Net

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