F. W. J. Olver

11.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
85 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

F. W. J. Olver is a scholar working on Numerical Analysis, Applied Mathematics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, F. W. J. Olver has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Numerical Analysis, 30 papers in Applied Mathematics and 29 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in F. W. J. Olver's work include Mathematical functions and polynomials (19 papers), Differential Equations and Numerical Methods (18 papers) and Numerical methods for differential equations (16 papers). F. W. J. Olver is often cited by papers focused on Mathematical functions and polynomials (19 papers), Differential Equations and Numerical Methods (18 papers) and Numerical methods for differential equations (16 papers). F. W. J. Olver collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ghana. F. W. J. Olver's co-authors include Daniel W. Lozier, Charles W. Clark, Ronald F. Boisvert, Wolfgang Wasow, Adri B. Olde Daalhuis, C. W. Clenshaw, A. R. Curtis, Peter Turner, J. H. Wilkinson and Frank Stenger and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Mathematics of Computation and Journal of the ACM.

In The Last Decade

F. W. J. Olver

83 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions

2010 3.5k citations F. W. J. Olver, Daniel W. Lozier et al. profile →
Asymptotics and Special Functions

1997 1.7k citations F. W. J. Olver profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Special Functions Handbook for the Digital Age 2011 ·Notices of the American Mathematical Society ·Ronald F. Boisvert, (unknown), Daniel W. Lozier, F. W. J. Olver	3
2	The NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions \| NIST 2010 ·F. W. J. Olver, Daniel W. Lozier, Ronald F. Boisvert, Charles W. Clark	1
3	Exponentially improved asymptotic solutions of ordinary differential equations. II. Irregular singularities of rank one 1994 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·Adri B. Olde Daalhuis, F. W. J. Olver	24
4	Airy and Bessel Functions by Parallel Integration of ODEs. 1993 ·PPSC ·Daniel W. Lozier, F. W. J. Olver	8
5	Uniform, Exponentially improved, Asymptotic Expansions for the Generalized Exponential Integral 1991 ·SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis ·F. W. J. Olver	31
6	Error Bounds for Linear Recurrence Relations 1988 ·Mathematics of Computation ·F. W. J. Olver	3
7	Error bounds for linear recurrence relations 1988 ·Mathematics of Computation ·F. W. J. Olver	5
8	Unrestricted algorithms for reciprocals and square roots 1986 ·BIT Numerical Mathematics ·C. W. Clenshaw, F. W. J. Olver	3
9	General connection formulae for Liouville-Green approximations in the complex plane 1978 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	26
10	Second-order linear differential equations with two turning points 1975 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	84
11	Legendre functions with both parameters large 1975 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	17
12	Note on Backward Recurrence Algorithms 1972 ·Mathematics of Computation ·F. W. J. Olver, (unknown)	9
13	Error bounds for the laplace approximation for definite integrals 1968 ·Journal of Approximation Theory ·F. W. J. Olver	18
14	Zeros and associated values 1960 ·University Press eBooks ·F. W. J. Olver	4
15	Uniform asymptotic expansions of solutions of linear second-order differential equations for large values of a parameter 1958 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	29
16	The asymptotic solution of linear differential equations of the second order in a domain containing one transition point 1956 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	40
17	The asymptotic solution of linear differential equations of the second order for large values of a parameter 1954 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	113
18	The asymptotic expansion of bessel functions of large order 1954 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	255
19	The evaluation of zeros of high-degree polynomials 1952 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·F. W. J. Olver	20
20	A further method for the evaluation of zeros of Bessel functions and some new asymptotic expansions for zeros of functions of large order 1951 ·Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ·F. W. J. Olver	30

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