W. A. Light
Impact in
- Numerical Analysis top 5%
- Mathematical Approximation and Integration
- Mathematical Physics top 5%
- Advanced Banach Space Theory
Papers in
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- Advanced Banach Space Theory 11
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- Mathematical functions and polynomials 7
- Co-authors
- Elliott Ward Cheney (5 shared papers)E. W. Cheney (6 shared papers)Manfred V. Golitschek (2 shared papers)Nira Dyn (1 shared paper)W. J. Dulmage (1 shared paper)Calvin D. Salzberg (1 shared paper)D. L. Smith (1 shared paper)Thomas Martin (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Approximation Theory (8 papers)Lecture notes in mathematics (5 papers)Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (3 papers)Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (2 papers)Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomGhanaUnited States
In The Last Decade
W. A. Light
38 papers receiving 556 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 78
- Numerical Analysis 107
- Mathematical Physics 167
- Computational Mathematics 9
- Applied Mathematics 149
- Statistics and Probability 106
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Co-authors
The 12 scholars most cited alongside W. A. Light, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
Showing the 20 most-cited of 44 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1985 | 174 | |
| 2 | 1978 | 69 | |
| 3 | 1989 | 39 | |
| 4 | 2001 | 35 | |
| 5 | 1978 | 30 | |
| 6 | 1980 | 29 | |
| 7 | Wavelets, subdivision algorithms, and radial basis functions | 1992 | 25 |
| 8 | 1986 | 24 | |
| 9 | 1985 | 24 | |
| 10 | 1981 | 20 | |
| 11 | 1984 | 18 | |
| 12 | 1991 | 16 | |
| 13 | 1989 | 14 | |
| 14 | 1986 | 12 | |
| 15 | 1976 | 11 | |
| 16 | 1985 | 9 | |
| 17 | 1982 | 8 | |
| 18 | 1980 | 8 | |
| 19 | 1978 | 8 | |
| 20 | Nonlinear partial differential equations and dynamical systems | 1991 | 7 |
About W. A. Light
W. A. Light is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computational Mechanics, having authored 44 papers that have together received 630 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Banach Space Theory (11 papers), Approximation Theory and Sequence Spaces (8 papers), Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (8 papers), Mathematical functions and polynomials (7 papers), Mathematical Approximation and Integration (6 papers), Matrix Theory and Algorithms (4 papers), Fixed Point Theorems Analysis (4 papers) and Optimization and Variational Analysis (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Numerical Analysis (107 citations), Mathematical Physics (167 citations), Computational Mathematics (9 citations), Applied Mathematics (149 citations) and Statistics and Probability (106 citations). W. A. Light has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Ghana and United States. Frequent co-authors include Elliott Ward Cheney, E. W. Cheney, Manfred V. Golitschek, Nira Dyn, W. J. Dulmage, Calvin D. Salzberg, D. L. Smith, Thomas Martin, Steven M. Holland and Jeffrey Yi‐Lin Forrest. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Approximation Theory, Lecture notes in mathematics, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization.
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