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Alex Barnett (mathematician)

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Alex Barnett (born 1972) is a senior mathematician at the Flatiron Institute and professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College.[1][2]

Barnett is also a jazz and funk musician. He has composed the music for a number of films[3] by his wife, director Liz Canner.

Career

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Barnett attended Cambridge University and received his Ph.D in theoretical physics from Harvard University. He has written on topics such as efficient and accurate computational methods for waves, PDE eigenvalue problems, periodic problems, and quantum chaos.[4]

His high-frequency eigenfunction calculations are some of the fastest in the world.[5]

Barnett was on the faculty at Dartmouth for twelve years before becoming a full professor in 2017. He was the third person hired at the Flatiron Institute and is currently a senior mathematician there. [6]

Recognition

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In 2010, Barnett won first prize in the XXI International Physics Olympiad [7] He has also received the Hockins Prize, the Kennedy Scholarship, the Karen E. Wetterhahn Memorial Award for Distinguished Creative or Scholarly Achievement, the Jeffe Fellowship, and the Harold T. White Prize.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Alex Barnett's page of home @ Dartmouth". Math.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Alex Barnett". Simons Foundation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Orgasm Inc. : Credits – The Passionate Eye". CBC. 27 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Alex Barnett: publications, talks, notes". Math.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  5. ^ Barnett, Alexander (29 June 2006). "Asymptotic rate of quantum ergodicity in chaotic Euclidean billiards". Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics. 59 (10): 1457–1488. arXiv:math-ph/0512030. doi:10.1002/cpa.20150. S2CID 4839902.
  6. ^ a b "Alex Barnett". Simons Foundation. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ^ "List of winners" (PDF). dokutar.omikk.bme.hu. Retrieved 11 May 2023.