David Paget
David Paget | |
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| Born | David Frederick Paget 9 February 1943 |
| Died | 30 November 1997 (aged 54) |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania |
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| Fields | Mathematics and education |
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| Doctoral advisor | David Elliott |
David Frederick Paget (February 9, 1943 – November 30, 1997[1]) was an Australian mathematician.
Paget was born in Twickenham and attended Southampton University, where he studied mathematics and played rugby.[2] He emigrated, first to New Zealand and then to Tasmania.
Paget received his PhD from the University of Tasmania, writing his thesis on product integration under the supervision of David Elliott.[3][4] He became Senior Lecturer at that institution.[5]
As a mathematician, Paget was interested in the numerical analysis and approximation theory.[2][6][7][8][9] He has an Erdős number of 3.[10]
It was, however, in mathematics education that Paget made his most significant contribution. He coached the Hobart team to strong performances in the Tournament of the Towns and led the Australian team at the International Mathematical Olympiad from 1991 to 1995.[11] One team member, Akshay Venkatesh, went on to win the Fields Medal.
For his contributions to mathematics education, Paget was awarded the BH Neumann Award in 1997 and Paget St in Bruce, ACT was named after him in 2008.[2][5][12]
Paget was married with four children. As a hobby he collected cigarette cards.[2]
References
- ^ "St Aidan's Columbarium". Anglican Diocese of Tasmania. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Dr David Frederick Paget (1943-1997)". Australian Mathematics Trust. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Paget, David Frederick (1977). "Generalised product integration". Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society. 16: 475–477. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Donaldson, John D. (2000). "Preface to this Issue" (PDF). The ANZIAM Journal. 42 (1): 2. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ a b "News" (PDF). Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society: 64. 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Paget, D. F.; Elliott, David (1972). "An algorithm for the numerical evaluation of certain Cauchy principal value integrals". Numerische Mathematik. 19 (5): 373–385. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Paget, D. F. (1981). "The numerical evaluation of Hadamard finite-part integrals". Numerische Mathematik. 36: 447–453. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Smith, William E.; Paget, David (1992). "Optimal Nodes for Interpolatory Product Integration". SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 29 (2): 586–600. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Brown, B. M.; Elliott, D.; Paget, D. F. (1987). "Lipschitz constants for the Bernstein polynomials of a Lipschitz continuous functions". Journal of Approximation Theory. 49 (2): 196–199. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Collaboration Distance". MathSciNet. American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ Taylor, Peter. "1997 BH Neumann Award Recipients". Australian Mathematics Trust. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "Public Place Names (Bruce) Determination 2008 (No 1)" (PDF). Government of the Australian Capital Territory. Retrieved 7 March 2026.