Will Light

1.4k total citations
21 papers, 703 citations indexed

About

Will Light is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Computational Mechanics and Numerical Analysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Light has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 703 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 7 papers in Computational Mechanics and 5 papers in Numerical Analysis. Recurrent topics in Will Light's work include Numerical methods in engineering (7 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (6 papers) and Mathematical Approximation and Integration (4 papers). Will Light is often cited by papers focused on Numerical methods in engineering (7 papers), Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics (6 papers) and Mathematical Approximation and Integration (4 papers). Will Light collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Will Light's co-authors include Ward Cheney, Gregory E. Fasshauer, R. K. Beatson, Stephen Billings, E. W. Cheney, Sara Atito Ali Ahmed, Matthew J. Young, Emmanuelle Fabre, Donna Garvey Brickner and Jason H. Brickner and has published in prestigious journals such as Developmental Cell, Mathematics of Computation and SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis.

In The Last Decade

Will Light

20 papers receiving 645 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Will Light United Kingdom 11 283 221 129 86 79 21 703
Moshe Dubiner Israel 9 333 1.2× 100 0.5× 76 0.6× 29 0.3× 82 1.0× 14 655
Marian Neamtu United States 17 511 1.8× 106 0.5× 74 0.6× 473 5.5× 98 1.2× 34 1.1k
Ye Zhang China 17 98 0.3× 169 0.8× 53 0.4× 21 0.2× 67 0.8× 77 789
Mårten Gulliksson Sweden 14 99 0.3× 60 0.3× 73 0.6× 41 0.5× 156 2.0× 55 486
Laurent Baratchart France 15 84 0.3× 72 0.3× 344 2.7× 42 0.5× 121 1.5× 80 795
Giles Auchmuty United States 19 203 0.7× 114 0.5× 287 2.2× 41 0.5× 200 2.5× 56 854
U. von Matt United States 8 129 0.5× 34 0.2× 83 0.6× 76 0.9× 100 1.3× 11 535
E. N. Nilson United States 12 443 1.6× 72 0.3× 155 1.2× 84 1.0× 247 3.1× 20 866
Bruno D. Welfert United States 15 509 1.8× 122 0.6× 41 0.3× 20 0.2× 329 4.2× 67 974
George E. Trapp United States 12 153 0.5× 61 0.3× 264 2.0× 19 0.2× 178 2.3× 31 908

Countries citing papers authored by Will Light

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Fields of papers citing papers by Will Light

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Light

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brickner, Donna Garvey, Sara Atito Ali Ahmed, Will Light, et al.. (2012). Transcription Factor Binding to a DNA Zip Code Controls Interchromosomal Clustering at the Nuclear Periphery. Developmental Cell. 22(6). 1234–1246. 76 indexed citations
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Cheney, Ward & Will Light. (2009). A Course in Approximation Theory. Graduate studies in mathematics. 72 indexed citations
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Fasshauer, Gregory E., Ward Cheney, & Will Light. (2004). "A Course in Approximation Theory". American Mathematical Monthly. 111(5). 448–448. 190 indexed citations
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Light, Will, et al.. (2002). Extension Theorems for Spaces Arising from Approximation by Translates of a Basic Function. Journal of Approximation Theory. 114(2). 164–200. 2 indexed citations
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Beatson, R. K., Will Light, & Stephen Billings. (2001). Fast Solution of the Radial Basis Function Interpolation Equations: Domain Decomposition Methods. SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing. 22(5). 1717–1740. 169 indexed citations
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Light, Will, et al.. (1999). Spaces of distributions, interpolation by translates of a basis function and error estimates. Numerische Mathematik. 81(3). 415–450. 17 indexed citations
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Levesley, Jeremy & Will Light. (1999). Direct form seminorms arising in the theory of interpolation by translates of a basis function. Advances in Computational Mathematics. 11(2-3). 161–182. 5 indexed citations
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Light, Will, et al.. (1998). On Power Functions and Error Estimates for Radial Basis Function Interpolation. Journal of Approximation Theory. 92(2). 245–266. 20 indexed citations
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Light, Will, et al.. (1996). Approximation by Translates of a Positive Definite Function. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 201(2). 631–641. 1 indexed citations
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Levesley, Jeremy, Yuan Xu, Will Light, & Ward Cheney. (1996). Convolution Operators for Radial Basis Approximation. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. 27(1). 286–304. 3 indexed citations
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Light, Will, et al.. (1993). On Local and Controlled Approximation Order. Journal of Approximation Theory. 72(3). 268–277. 10 indexed citations
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Light, Will. (1993). Techniques for generating approximations via convolution kernels. Numerical Algorithms. 5(5). 247–261. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Will, et al.. (1993). Advances in Numerical Analysis, Vol. II: Wavelets, Subdivision Algorithms, and Radial Basis Functions.. Mathematics of Computation. 60(202). 851–851. 40 indexed citations
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Xu, Yuan, Will Light, & E. W. Cheney. (1993). Constructive methods of approximation by ridge functions and radial functions. Numerical Algorithms. 4(2). 205–223. 21 indexed citations
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Light, Will, et al.. (1993). Advances in Numerical Analysis, Vol. I: Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems.. Mathematics of Computation. 60(202). 849–849. 1 indexed citations
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Beatson, R. K. & Will Light. (1993). Quasi-interpolation by thin-plate splines on a square. Constructive Approximation. 9(4). 407–433. 6 indexed citations
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Light, Will, Manfred V. Golitschek, & E. W. Cheney. (1992). Approximation with monotone norms in tensor product spaces. Journal of Approximation Theory. 68(2). 183–205. 2 indexed citations
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Light, Will & E. W. Cheney. (1992). Interpolation by periodic radial basis functions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 168(1). 111–130. 17 indexed citations
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Golitschek, Manfred V. & Will Light. (1992). Approximation by Solutions of the Planar Wave Equation. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 29(3). 816–830. 14 indexed citations
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Gilbert, John E. & Will Light. (1990). Envelope Solutions for Implicit Ordinary Differential Equations. IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis. 10(1). 49–61.

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