Robert L. Higdon
Professor
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Office: Kidd 294B Phone: 737-5150 Fax: 737-0517 Email: higdon@math.oregonstate.edu |
Department of
Mathematics Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331-4605, USA |
Office hours:
Fall 2009: Monday 3:00-4:00, Wednesday 12:00-1:00, Friday 10:00-10:50,
or by appointment.
Education:
Ph.D. Stanford, 1981
Research
Research Field: Numerical Analysis, Partial Differential Equations, and Applied Mathematics
Higdon has worked on open boundary conditions for wave propagation problems and on issues related to the well-posedness of hyperbolic initial-boundary value problems and the stability of their numerical approximations. He is currently working on some mathematical and computational problems related to large-scale, high-resolution numerical modeling of ocean circulation. This modeling involves the solution of a system of partial differential equations that describes fluid flow. Of particular interest are some problems with stability and efficiency that arise from the multiple time scales that are contained in the system.
Research Group Link(s): Applied Mathematics Numerical Analysis