Kendall Atkinson

12.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
81 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Kendall Atkinson is a scholar working on Numerical Analysis, Mechanics of Materials and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kendall Atkinson has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Numerical Analysis, 29 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 28 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Kendall Atkinson's work include Numerical methods in engineering (28 papers), Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (25 papers) and Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering (18 papers). Kendall Atkinson is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (28 papers), Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis (25 papers) and Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering (18 papers). Kendall Atkinson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and China. Kendall Atkinson's co-authors include Weimin Han, Lars B. Wahlbin, Florian A. Potra, Ian H. Sloan, David E. Stewart, Ivan G. Graham, José D. Flores, A. Sharma, Graeme Chandler and Edward J. Haug and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Mathematics of Computation and SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis.

In The Last Decade

Kendall Atkinson

80 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Numeri... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1997 1994 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. An Introduction to Numerical Analysis
    1990 2.1k citations Kendall Atkinson et al. Mathematics of Computation profile →
  2. The Numerical Solution of Integral Equations of the Second Kind
    1997 1.4k citations Kendall Atkinson profile →
  3. Elementary Numerical Analysis.
    1994 614 citations Kendall Atkinson et al. Mathematics of Computation profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kendall Atkinson 2.1k 2.0k 1.7k 1.5k 1.4k 81 7.9k
Claudio Canuto 2.8k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 1.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 714 0.5× 113 10.8k
Qiang Du 2.2k 1.1× 2.8k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 938 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 351 13.3k
Thomas A. Zang 1.9k 0.9× 874 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 859 0.6× 524 0.4× 67 8.9k
Bengt Fornberg 1.9k 0.9× 3.4k 1.7× 848 0.5× 529 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 142 10.8k
Claude Brezinski 1.8k 0.9× 434 0.2× 681 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 221 8.5k
Wen Chen 2.4k 1.1× 5.6k 2.8× 4.4k 2.6× 1.1k 0.7× 995 0.7× 350 12.1k
Julian D. Cole 1.4k 0.7× 929 0.5× 700 0.4× 945 0.6× 675 0.5× 97 8.0k
Lloyd N. Trefethen 3.8k 1.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 2.5k 1.8× 175 17.4k
Herbert B. Keller 2.6k 1.3× 1.1k 0.5× 514 0.3× 1.1k 0.8× 625 0.4× 130 9.9k
Lars B. Wahlbin 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.0× 531 0.3× 592 0.4× 457 0.3× 68 6.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Atkinson, Kendall, et al.. (2021). Multivariate quadrature of a singular integrand. Advances in Computational Mathematics. 47(3). 1 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall, et al.. (2012). A spectral method for parabolic differential equations. Numerical Algorithms. 63(2). 213–237. 4 indexed citations
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Han, Weimin & Kendall Atkinson. (2009). Theoretical Numerical Analysis. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 201 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall, et al.. (2006). A study of the fast solution of the occluded radiosity equation.. 23. 219–250. 4 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall & Alvise Sommariva. (2005). Quadrature over the sphere.. 20. 104–118. 6 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall & Weimin Han. (2004). On the numerical solution of some semilinear elliptic problems.. 17. 206–217. 6 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall. (2004). QUADRATURE OF SINGULAR INTEGRANDS OVER SURFACES. 17. 133–150. 14 indexed citations
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Wang, Hongling, Joseph K. Kearney, Kendall Atkinson, & Kendall Atkinson. (2003). Arc-Length Parameterized Spline Curves for Real-Time Simulation. Physical Review Letters. 54(15). 1599–1601. 65 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall, et al.. (2001). Theoretical Numerical Analysis. 76 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall, et al.. (1995). Piecewise Polynomial Collocation for Boundary Integral Equations. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 16(3). 651–681. 35 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall. (1992). A Survey of Numerical Methods for Solving Nonlinear Integral Equations. Journal of Integral Equations and Applications. 4(1). 128 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall & Ian H. Sloan. (1991). The Numerical Solution of First-Kind Logarithmic-Kernel Integral Equations on Smooth Open Arcs. Mathematics of Computation. 56(193). 119–119. 10 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall & Ian H. Sloan. (1991). The numerical solution of first-kind logarithmic-kernel integral equations on smooth open arcs. Mathematics of Computation. 56(193). 119–139. 39 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall & Florian A. Potra. (1988). The Discrete Galerkin method for nonlinear integral equations. Journal of Integral Equations and Applications. 1(1). 36 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall. (1988). A discrete Galerkin method for first kind integral equations with a logarithmic kernel. Journal of Integral Equations and Applications. 1(3). 48 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall, et al.. (1987). The Discrete Galerkin Method for Integral Equations. Mathematics of Computation. 48(178). 595–595. 14 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall, et al.. (1987). The discrete Galerkin method for integral equations. Mathematics of Computation. 48(178). 595–595. 59 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall. (1985). Algorithm 629. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 11(2). 85–96. 11 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall & Frank de Hoog. (1984). The Numerical Solution of Laplace's Equation on a Wedge. IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis. 4(1). 19–41. 34 indexed citations
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Atkinson, Kendall. (1974). An Existence Theorem for Abel Integral Equations. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. 5(5). 729–736. 34 indexed citations

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