James Hardy Wilkinson citáty

James Hardy Wilkinson bol britský matematik a informatik - osobnosť numerickej analýzy, v ktorej objavil viacero významných algoritmov.

V roku 1970 dostal Turingovu cenu za jeho výskum v oblasti numerickej analýzy, ktorý umožnil efektívnejšie použitie počítačov pri riešení numerických úloh a jeho prácu v oblasti numerických metód lineárnej algebry a spätného odhaľovania chýb. Je po ňom pomenovaná Wilkinsonova cena, ktorá sa udeľuje každé štyri roky za výskum v oblasti numerického softvéru. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. september 1919 – 5. október 1986
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“It was not easy to have the imagination to foresee that computers were to become one of the most important developments of the century.”

Oral history interview http://history.siam.org/wilkinson.htm by John C. Nash, SIAM History of Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Project http://history.siam.org/,13 July 1984
Kontext: Very belatedly in 1947, Darwin [Sir Charles Darwin, great-grandson of the famous Charles Darwin] agreed to set up a very small electronics group [... ] It was not easy to have the imagination to foresee that computers were to become one of the most important developments of the century.

“Of course everything in computerology is new; that is at once its attraction, and its weakness.”

Some Comments from a Numerical Analyst (1971)
Kontext: Of course everything in computerology is new; that is at once its attraction, and its weakness. Only recently I learned that computers are revolutionizing astrology. Horoscopes by computer!

“Turing had a strong predeliction for working things out from first principles, usually in the first instance without consulting any previous work on the subject, and no doubt it was this habit which gave his work that characteristically original flavor.”

Some Comments from a Numerical Analyst (1971)
Kontext: Turing had a strong predeliction for working things out from first principles, usually in the first instance without consulting any previous work on the subject, and no doubt it was this habit which gave his work that characteristically original flavor. I was reminded of a remark which Beethoven is reputed to have made when he was asked if he had heard a certain work of Mozart which was attracting much attention. He replied that he had not, and added "neither shall I do so, lest I forfeit some of my own originality."

“Numerical analysis has begun to look a little square in the computer science setting, and numerical analysts are beginning to show signs of losing faith in themselves.”

Some Comments from a Numerical Analyst (1971)
Kontext: Numerical analysis has begun to look a little square in the computer science setting, and numerical analysts are beginning to show signs of losing faith in themselves. Their sense of isolation is accentuated by the present trend towards abstraction in mathematics departments which makes for an uneasy relationship. How different things might have been if the computer revolution had taken place in the 19th century! [... ] In any case "numerical analysts" may be likened to "The Establishment" in computer science and in all spheres it is fashionable to diagnose "rigor morris" in the Establishment.