Steve Smale

16.7k citations
55 papers · 7.4k · 5 hit papers · h-index 32

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Papers in

    • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms 6
    • Polynomial and algebraic computation 5
    • Topological and Geometric Data Analysis 4
    • Numerical Methods and Algorithms 4
    • Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals 8
    • Numerical methods in inverse problems 4

Steve Smale

54 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Steve Smale's Hit Papers

Emergent Behavior in Flocks 2007 · 1.1k citations
1.1k0+12+24Years since publication2505007501000

Peers

Steve Smale
Comparison fields: 5 of 154
  • Numerical Analysis 822
  • Computational Mathematics 80
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics 2.0k
  • Mathematical Physics 1.1k
  • Geometry and Topology 929
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Steve Smale, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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Emergent Behavior in Flocks
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20071136
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On the mathematical foundations of learning
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2001933
3
Mathematical problems for the next century
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1998655
4
On a theory of computation and complexity over the real numbers: 𝑁𝑃- completeness, recursive functions and universal machines
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1989547
5 1998401
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Learning Theory Estimates via Integral Operators and Their Approximations
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2007354
7 2007299
8 1976253
9 1981231
10 2005213
11 1985194
12 2002175
13 2003172
14 2004165
15 1993157
16 1993142
17 2005137
18 1983116
19 2009100
20 200598

About Steve Smale

Steve Smale is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology, Artificial Intelligence and Applied Mathematics, having authored 55 papers that have together received 7.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mathematical Dynamics and Fractals (8 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (6 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (5 papers), Polynomial and algebraic computation (5 papers), Mathematical Analysis and Transform Methods (5 papers), Numerical methods in inverse problems (4 papers), Topological and Geometric Data Analysis (4 papers) and Numerical Methods and Algorithms (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Numerical Analysis (822 citations), Computational Mathematics (80 citations), Computational Theory and Mathematics (2.0k citations), Mathematical Physics (1.1k citations) and Geometry and Topology (929 citations). Steve Smale has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Felipe Cucker, Ding‐Xuan Zhou, Michael Shub, Lenore Blum, M. Shub, Yuan Yao, Hà Quang Minh, Indika Rajapakse, Thomas Schick and Laurent Bartholdi. Their work appears in journals such as Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society, Journal of Complexity, Analysis and Applications, Foundations of Computational Mathematics and Constructive Approximation.

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