Wolfgang Wasow

7.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
49 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Wolfgang Wasow is a scholar working on Numerical Analysis, Applied Mathematics and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wolfgang Wasow has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Numerical Analysis, 14 papers in Applied Mathematics and 11 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Wolfgang Wasow's work include Differential Equations and Numerical Methods (21 papers), Numerical methods for differential equations (14 papers) and Differential Equations and Boundary Problems (9 papers). Wolfgang Wasow is often cited by papers focused on Differential Equations and Numerical Methods (21 papers), Numerical methods for differential equations (14 papers) and Differential Equations and Boundary Problems (9 papers). Wolfgang Wasow collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Wolfgang Wasow's co-authors include George E. Forsythe, Robert E. O’Malley, W. Nachbar, F. W. J. Olver, Preston C. Hammer, T. S. Motzkin, Milton Lees and R. M. Redheffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Statistical Association, Technometrics and Physics Today.

In The Last Decade

Wolfgang Wasow

46 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

Finite-Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations 1961 2026 1982 2004 1961 1965 1975 1975 250 500 750 1000
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. Finite-Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations
    1961 1.0k citations George E. Forsythe, Wolfgang Wasow et al. profile →
  2. Asymptotic expansions for ordinary differential equations
    1965 1.0k citations Wolfgang Wasow profile →
  3. Asymptotics and Special Functions
    1975 744 citations Wolfgang Wasow et al. Mathematics of Computation profile →
  4. Introduction to Singular Perturbations
    1975 733 citations Wolfgang Wasow et al. Mathematics of Computation profile →

Peers

Wolfgang Wasow
Peter Henrici United States
Norman Levinson United States
Philip Rabinowitz Israel
H.L. Platzer
Robert D. Richtmyer United States
Eugene Isaacson United States
Earl A. Coddington United States
Julian D. Cole United States
Kurt Friedrichs United States
F. W. J. Olver United States
Peter Henrici United States
Wolfgang Wasow
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Countries citing papers authored by Wolfgang Wasow

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wolfgang Wasow

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wolfgang Wasow

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wolfgang Wasow. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wolfgang Wasow based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Wolfgang Wasow. Wolfgang Wasow is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1985). Linear Turning Point Theory. Applied mathematical sciences. 163 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1981). On Boundary Layer Problems in the Theory of Ordinary Differential Equations.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 4 indexed citations
3.
Wasow, Wolfgang. (1979). On the spectrum of Hermitian matrix-valued functions. Results in Mathematics. 2(1-2). 206–214. 2 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1977). Arnold's canonical matrices and the asymptotic simplification of ordinary differential equations. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 18(2). 163–170. 5 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1971). The central connection problem at turning points of linear differential equations. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 46(1). 65–86. 6 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1970). Simple Turning-Point Problems in Unbounded Domains. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. 1(2). 153–170. 12 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1968). Connection problems for asymptotic series. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 74(5). 831–853. 14 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1966). Asymptotic simplification of self-adjoint differential equations with a parameter. Journal of Differential Equations. 2(4). 378–390. 3 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1966). ON TURNING POINT PROBLEMS FOR SYSTEMS WITH ALMOST DIAGONAL COEFFICIENT MATRIX.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 4 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1963). Simplification of Turning Point Problems for Systems of Linear Differential Equations. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 106(1). 100–100. 3 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1962). On holomorphically similar matrices. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 4(2). 202–206. 31 indexed citations
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Forsythe, George E., et al.. (1962). Finite-Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations.. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 57(298). 526–526. 135 indexed citations
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Hammer, Preston C., George E. Forsythe, & Wolfgang Wasow. (1962). Finite-Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations. Technometrics. 4(1). 143–143. 265 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1962). Turning point problems for systems of linear differential equations. Part II: The analytic theory. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 15(2). 173–187. 16 indexed citations
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Lees, Milton, George E. Forsythe, & Wolfgang Wasow. (1961). Finite-Difference Methods for Partial Differential Equations.. American Mathematical Monthly. 68(8). 826–826. 73 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1959). Solution of Nonlinear Differential Equations with a Parameter by Asymptotic Series. Annals of Mathematics. 69(2). 486–486. 9 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1958). On the Accuracy of Implicit Difference Approximations to the Equation of Heat Flow. Mathematical Tables and Other Aids to Computation. 12(61). 43–43. 5 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1956). Singular perturbations of boundary value problems for nonlinear differential equations of the second order. Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 9(1). 93–113. 47 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1955). Discrete approximations to elliptic differential equations. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik. 6(2). 81–97. 19 indexed citations
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Wasow, Wolfgang. (1952). A note on the inversion of matrices by random walks. Mathematics of Computation. 6(38). 78–81. 32 indexed citations

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