Philip Rabinowitz (mathematician)

Philip Rabinowitz (Hebrew: פיליפ רבינוביץ; August 14, 1926 – July 21, 2006) was an American and Israeli applied mathematician.^[1] He was best known for his work in numerical analysis, including his books A First Course in Numerical Analysis with Anthony Ralston and Methods of Numerical Integration with Philip J. Davis. He was the author of numerous articles on numerical computation.

Philip Rabinowitz
פיליפ רבינוביץ
Born	(1926-08-14)August 14, 1926 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	July 21, 2006(2006-07-21) (aged 79) Jerusalem, Israel
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Scientific career
Fields	applied mathematics, numerical analysis
Institutions	National Bureau of Standards, Weizmann Institute of Science
Thesis	Normal Coverings and Uniform Spaces  (1951)
Doctoral advisor	Walter Gottschalk
Doctoral students	Nira Dyn

He earned his Ph.D. in 1951 under Walter Gottschalk at the University of Pennsylvania.^[2] He worked for the American National Bureau of Standards and taught at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.