D. R. Smart

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

D. R. Smart is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Control and Systems Engineering and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, D. R. Smart has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Mathematical Physics, 3 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 3 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in D. R. Smart's work include Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (3 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (3 papers) and Advanced Topics in Algebra (2 papers). D. R. Smart is often cited by papers focused on Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (3 papers), Space Satellite Systems and Control (3 papers) and Advanced Topics in Algebra (2 papers). D. R. Smart collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. D. R. Smart's co-authors include K. F. Gill, C.J. Harris and J. Holt and has published in prestigious journals such as American Mathematical Monthly, Pacific Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.

In The Last Decade

D. R. Smart

12 papers receiving 892 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Fixed point theorems

1974 1.0k citations D. R. Smart CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
D. R. Smart South Africa	5	498	460	282	263	222	14	1.1k
Andrzej Granas Canada	17	1.3k 2.7×	532 1.2×	556 2.0×	596 2.3×	615 2.8×	31	2.0k
Michel Valadier France	12	1.1k 2.2×	407 0.9×	985 3.5×	229 0.9×	252 1.1×	26	2.1k
José Alfredo López-Mimbela Mexico	8	328 0.7×	262 0.6×	281 1.0×	155 0.6×	51 0.2×	27	869
B. G. Pachpatte India	22	1.8k 3.7×	313 0.7×	266 0.9×	235 0.9×	426 1.9×	182	2.1k
Charles Castaing France	10	1.1k 2.1×	356 0.8×	845 3.0×	209 0.8×	263 1.2×	28	1.9k
R. Jensen United States	15	338 0.7×	75 0.2×	343 1.2×	86 0.3×	82 0.4×	24	714
Ján Andres Czechia	14	563 1.1×	403 0.9×	248 0.9×	199 0.8×	90 0.4×	152	1.1k
Paul R. Beesack Canada	15	552 1.1×	157 0.3×	129 0.5×	103 0.4×	64 0.3×	47	766
Ralph E. Edwards	4	427 0.9×	149 0.3×	259 0.9×	109 0.4×	26 0.1×	5	872
Pietro Cerone Australia	23	1.8k 3.5×	284 0.6×	300 1.1×	197 0.7×	102 0.5×	139	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. R. Smart

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

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Smart, D. R.. (1980). When Does T n + 1 x - T n x →0 Imply Convergence. American Mathematical Monthly. 87(9). 748–748. 3 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1980). When does Tⁿ⁺¹x - Tⁿx→0 Imply Convergence?. American Mathematical Monthly. 87(9). 748–749. 1 indexed citations

3.

Smart, D. R. & K. F. Gill. (1975). Attitude control of a flexible space vehicle by means of a linear state observer. The Aeronautical Journal. 79(770). 86–95. 2 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1974). Fixed point theorems. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1025 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smart, D. R., et al.. (1974). Dynamic analysis of flexible space vehicles having uncoupled control axes. The Aeronautical Journal. 78(768). 560–569. 6 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R., et al.. (1973). Effects of flexibility on a momentum-stabilised communication-satellite attitude-control system. Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. 120(5). 613–613. 2 indexed citations

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Harris, C.J., et al.. (1973). Effects of flexibility on a momentum-stabilised communication-satellite attitude-control system. Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers. 120(11). 1448–1448. 1 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1967). Fixed points in a class of sets. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 23(1). 163–165. 21 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1967). Some examples of spectral operators. Illinois Journal of Mathematics. 11(4). 2 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1961). A fixed-point theorem. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 57(2). 430–430. 6 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1960). Conditionally convergent spectral expansions. Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society. 1(3). 319–333. 28 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1959). Eigenfunction expansions in $L^{p}$ and $C$. Illinois Journal of Mathematics. 3(1). 3 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1959). ON o-TAUBERIAN THEOREMS. The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics. 10(1). 140–144. 2 indexed citations

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Smart, D. R.. (1957). Representation of Hilbert space operators by (nJ)-matrices. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 53(2). 304–311.

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