Mark Ainsworth

Mark Ainsworth
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Education
AwardsWhitehead Prize (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsApplied mathematics
Workplaces
ThesisA Posteriori Error Estimation in the Finite Element Method (1989)
A. W. Craig
Websitevivo.brown.edu/display/mainswor

Mark Ainsworth is a British mathematician. He is the Francis Wayland Professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University.[1]

Education

Ainsworth studied mathematics at Durham University, where he graduated in 1986 with first-class honours and received the Collingwood Memorial Prize for the strongest performance in final exams.[2][3] He completed his doctorate in 1989 from the same institution under the supervision of A. W. Craig.[3][1]

Research and career

Ainsworth held the 1825 Chair at the University of Strathclyde before joining Brown University.[1]

He received the Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society in 2004 for his contributions to numerical analysis.[4]

Selected publications

Books

  • Ainsworth, Mark; Oden, J. Tinsley (2000). A Posteriori Error Estimation in Finite Element Analysis. Wiley-Interscience. doi:10.1002/9781118032824. ISBN 978-0471294115.

Journal articles

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mark Ainsworth | Applied Mathematics". appliedmath.brown.edu. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Results of Final Examinations: June 1986". Durham University Gazette 1985/86. IV (Combined Series). Durham: Durham University: 98. 1986. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Curriculum Vitae: Mark Ainsworth" (PDF). Brown University. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Whitehead Prizes" (PDF). The London Mathematical Society Newsletter (328): 3. 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2025.