W. A. Light
Impact in
- Mathematical Physics top 5%
- Advanced Banach Space Theory
- Numerical Analysis top 5%
- Mathematical Approximation and Integration
Papers in
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- Advanced Banach Space Theory 8
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- Mathematical functions and polynomials 5
- Co-authors
- Elliott Ward Cheney (1 shared paper)E. W. Cheney (6 shared papers)Manfred V. Golitschek (1 shared paper)Nira Dyn (1 shared paper)W. J. Dulmage (1 shared paper)Calvin D. Salzberg (1 shared paper)D. L. Smith (1 shared paper)E. Fraile (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Journal of Approximation Theory (8 papers)Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (3 papers)Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society (2 papers)Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (2 papers)Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization (2 papers)
- Partner nations
- United KingdomUnited StatesGhana
In The Last Decade
W. A. Light
31 papers receiving 439 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 73
- Mathematical Physics 143
- Numerical Analysis 86
- Computational Mathematics 8
- Applied Mathematics 123
- Statistics and Probability 85
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Fields of papers citing papers by W. A. Light
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Co-authors
The 13 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 35 papers — load more, or switch the sort, to bring in the rest.
| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1985 | 150 | |
| 2 | 1978 | 53 | |
| 3 | 2001 | 33 | |
| 4 | 1989 | 32 | |
| 5 | 1978 | 26 | |
| 6 | Wavelets, subdivision algorithms, and radial basis functions | 1992 | 23 |
| 7 | 1980 | 21 | |
| 8 | 1985 | 20 | |
| 9 | 1986 | 19 | |
| 10 | 1981 | 17 | |
| 11 | 1984 | 14 | |
| 12 | 1989 | 14 | |
| 13 | 1986 | 12 | |
| 14 | 1976 | 9 | |
| 15 | 1982 | 7 | |
| 16 | 1978 | 6 | |
| 17 | 1978 | 5 | |
| 18 | Nonlinear partial differential equations and dynamical systems | 1991 | 4 |
| 19 | 1979 | 4 | |
| 20 | 1991 | 4 |
About W. A. Light
W. A. Light is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Applied Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Computational Mechanics and Computational Theory and Mathematics, having authored 35 papers that have together received 499 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Banach Space Theory (8 papers), Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (7 papers), Approximation Theory and Sequence Spaces (7 papers), Mathematical functions and polynomials (5 papers), Mathematical Approximation and Integration (5 papers), Fixed Point Theorems Analysis (3 papers), Optical and Acousto-Optic Technologies (3 papers) and Infrared Target Detection Methodologies (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Mathematical Physics (143 citations), Numerical Analysis (86 citations), Computational Mathematics (8 citations), Applied Mathematics (123 citations) and Statistics and Probability (85 citations). W. A. Light has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ghana. Frequent co-authors include Elliott Ward Cheney, E. W. Cheney, Manfred V. Golitschek, Nira Dyn, W. J. Dulmage, Calvin D. Salzberg, D. L. Smith, E. Fraile, Thomas Martin and John McCabe. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Approximation Theory, Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society and Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization.
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