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Alex Townsend
Assistant Professor
Malott Hall, Room 589
ajt253@cornell.edu
Educational Background
- DPhil (2014) University of Oxford
Website(s)
Departments/Programs
- Mathematics
Graduate Fields
- Mathematics
Research
Numerical analysis, scientific computing, and numerical algebraic geometry
I am interested in the study and development of numerical algorithms in applied mathematics. I mainly work in the following three areas: (1) Novel spectral methods for the solution of differential equations, (2) The asymptotics of special functions for image reconstruction, convolution, and quadrature, and (3) Numerical algebraic geometry for the solution of polynomial systems.
Courses
Fall 2019
- MATH 2940 : Linear Algebra for Engineers
- MATH 4900 : Supervised Research
- MATH 4901 : Supervised Reading
Spring 2020
- MATH 4900 : Supervised Research
- MATH 4901 : Supervised Reading
- MATH 6220 : Applied Functional Analysis
Publications
- Numerical instability of resultant method for multidimensional rootfinding (with V. Noferini), SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 54 (2016), 719-743.
- A fast analysis-based discrete Hankel transform using asymptotic expansions, SIAM J. Numer. Anal., 53 (2015), 1897-1917.
- An extension of Chebfun to two dimensions (with L. N. Trefethen), SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 35 (2013), C495-C518.
- Fast and accurate computation of Gauss-Legendre and Gauss-Jacobi quadrature nodes and weights (with N. Hale), SIAM J. Sci. Comput., 35 (2013), A652-A672.
- A fast and well-conditioned spectral method (with S. Olver), SIAM Review, 55 (2013), 462-489.