David Webb (mathematician)

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David Webb is an American mathematician known for his work on hearing the shape of a drum.

Webb attended Cornell University, where he received his PhD in 1983 under the supervision of Kenneth Stephen Brown. [1] He is currently a professor of mathematics at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. [2]

In 2001 Webb and co-author Carolyn S. Gordon were awarded the Mathematical Association of America Chauvenet Prize for their 1996 American Scientist paper, "You can't hear the shape of a drum". [3] [4]

References

  1. ↑ David Webb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ↑ Faculty directory listing Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine , retrieved 2014-01-18.
  3. ↑ Chauvenet Prizes, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2014-01-19.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Carolyn; Webb, David (1996). "You Can't Hear the Shape of a Drum". American Scientist. 84 (1). Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society: 46–55. ISSN   0003-0996. JSTOR   29775597 . Retrieved November 15, 2022.


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