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Double, Deep, Sudden Impact. Reflections on Stan50 and GHG75 . Charlie Van LoanCornell University. A legacy of personality, students, and research. An impact that is double, deep, and sudden.. 44 Comic Sans. In French this means

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Welcome to Stanford

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    1. Welcome to Stanford I love Stanford. It is the only University with a cell phone tower in its logo.

    3. 44 Comic Sans

    4. History is Nonlinear

    5. In the beginning there was…

    6. Gottfried Leibniz

    7. Jacob Bernoulli

    8. Johann Bernoulli

    9. Leonhard Euler

    10. reluE drahnoeL

    11. Joseph Lagrange

    12. Jean-Baptiste Fourier

    13. Gustav Dirichlet

    14. Rudolf Lipschitz

    15. C. Felix Klein

    22. C. Felix Klein

    23. “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” -- Newton

    26. Double Impact The Personal Legacy

    27. Two Great Papers “Pitfalls in Computation, or Why a Math Book Isn’t Enough.” (1970) “Some Modified Matrix Eigenvalue Problems.” (1973)

    29. You Get the Movie !!!

    30. Idea For a Sequel !!!

    31. We Need a Better Title !!!

    32. Deep Impact The Student Legacy

    34. You Get Another Movie !!!

    35. But It’s Based On a Great Paper !!!

    36. Still Need a Better Title !!!

    37. Sudden Impact The Research Legacy

    38. Sudden Impact The Research Legacy

    39. Numerical Mathematics has a 4300+ Year History D. Knuth (1972), “Ancient Babylonian Algorithms,’’ CACM 15, 671-677.

    40. 4300 Years ? 365 Days Dec 27 Dec 28 Dec 29 Dec 30 Dec 31

    42. You Get a Movie and a Car !!!

    44. DoubleDeepSudden Impact

    45. More Forsythe Papers Cyclic Jacobi method for computing the principal values of a complex matrix. (with Henrici, 1960) Let’s Not Discriminate against good work in design or experimentation. (1969) The Role of Numerical Analysis in an Undergraduate Program (1959)

    46. Cleve Moler

    47. “As teacher, Ph.D. advisor, and force behind Matlab, Cleve has defined the way I look at mathematics and computing.”

    49. While Gene was Coding the Illiac 1..

    52. While Gene Was Playing Around with puny 2-by-2 Block matrices…

    55. In Closing A Few Comments About the GVL Collaboration

    57. Partitioning is Overrated

    58. GVL First Edition (1983)

    60. GVL Second Edition (1989)

    61. There Were 171 Episodes of L.A. Law. One with GVL2…

    62. GVL Third Edition (1996)

    63. Is it Really “The Bible”?

    64. GVL4 (2008)

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