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Nicholas Higham

British mathematician specialized in numerical analysis
Person human Q3710017

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[26]
Date of birth
December 25, 1961
Date of death
January 20, 2024
Place of birth
Salford
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
University of Manchester, University College London, University of Manchester, University of Manchester, University of Manchester, University of Manchester[7][8]
Educated at
University of Manchester, Victoria University of Manchester[9][10]
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, Fröhlich Prize, Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis, Whitehead Prize, Householder Prize, ACM Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Sibling
Desmond Higham
Doctoral advisor
George Hall, George G. Hall[11][12]
Doctoral student
D. Steven Mackey, Sheung Hun Cheng, Philip Anthony Knight, Pythagoras Papadimitriou, Anthony J. Cox, Philip Ieuan Davies, Hyun Min Kim, Matthew I. Smith, Harikrishna Patel, Craig Lucas, Gareth Hargreaves, Awad H. Al-Mohy, Lijing Lin, Ruediger Borsdorf, Samuel David Relton, Ramaseshan Kannan, Mary Aprahamian, Natasa Strabic[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[44]
Copyright representative
reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Family name
Higham[42]
Given name
Nicholas[43]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Royal Society, Academia Europaea, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Association for Computing Machinery[22][23][24][25]
Residence
United Kingdom[41]
Social media followers
+3606, +1977
🏷️ Also known as
en N.J. Higham en Nicholas Higham en Nicholas J Higham en Nicholas J. Higham en Nicholas John Higham en N J Higham en N. J. Higham de Nicholas J. Higham ja ニコラス・ハイアム pt Nicholas John Higham ru Николас Хайэм ru Хайэм, Николас uk Ніколас Гаєм zh 尼古拉斯·海厄姆
🔖 Identifiers · 53
ISNI
0000000110849807
ORCID iD
0000-0001-5956-4976
VIAF cluster ID
115032886
Library of Congress authority ID
n95090560
GND ID
123564441
OpenAlex ID
A5069339254as of 2026-09-23
where from?
Source
OpenAlex
Edition
20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
Bronze
not in the catalog
Transform
4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Nicholas Higham 2007.jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100111708
ADAGP artist ID
nicholas-higham-1109476
AE member ID
Higham_Nicholas
BBC Things ID
81d40eab-6097-4039-87dd-f8ef142cdd9b
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12488312j
Show all 53 identifiers +41
CANTIC ID
981058596140306706
CONOR.SI ID
35722083
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10427265
CiNii Research ID
1140563741694990848
DBLP author ID
99/756
DDB person (GND) ID
123564441
Dimensions author ID
015505160674.36
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
11616
Freebase ID
/m/02pzpy9
Gateway to Research person ID
6A67C9FB-1384-4589-949D-9B9D59293CE7
GitHub account
higham
Google Scholar author ID
EYlMkOgAAAAJ
IdRef ID
034091637
JRC Names ID
156921
LibraryThing author ID
highamnicholasj-1
Libris-URI
0xbdgkjj0tkncgt
LinkedIn personal profile ID
nick-higham-0bb79433
MR Author ID
85685
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
96012
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA10000211
NDL Authority ID
00513898
NL CR AUT ID
jx20080711003
NUKAT ID
n96101312
National Academy of Engineering member ID
290133
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007434652205171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC200604433
National Library of Latvia ID
000225917
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
11987783X
Open Library ID
OL218744A
Publons author ID
2877348
ResearchGate profile ID
Nicholas_Higham
ResearcherID
A-2315-2009
SELIBR ID
216916
Scopus author ID
7003377200
Springer Nature person ID
015505160674.36
UOM ID
91870
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058596140306706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyxg7tg6hFdb6bHVG67pP
X (Twitter) username
nhigham
Yale LUX ID
person/2cc43085-213e-45d9-92fd-a0d724c73058
ZbMATH author ID
higham.nicholas-j

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🔗 Connections
Award received 7
Fellow of the Royal Society, Whitehead Prize, Fröhlich Prize, ACM Fellow, Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis, Householder Prize
Author of 4
Accurately computing the log-sum-exp and softmax functions, A Class of Fast and Accurate Summation Algorithms, Arbitrary Precision Algorithms for Computing the Matrix Cosine and its Fréchet Derivative, Matching exponential-based and resolvent-based centrality measures
Member of 4
Royal Society, Association for Computing Machinery, Academia Europaea, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
← Authored by 4
Accurately computing the log-sum-exp and softmax functions, A Class of Fast and Accurate Summation Algorithms, Arbitrary Precision Algorithms for Computing the Matrix Cosine and its Fréchet Derivative, Matching exponential-based and resolvent-based centrality measures
Educated at 2
University of Manchester, Victoria University of Manchester
Employer 2
University College London, University of Manchester
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
Affiliated with 1
University of Manchester
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Doctoral advisor 1
George G. Hall
Doctoral advisors 1
George G. Hall
Given name 1
Nicholas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Salford
Residence 1
United Kingdom
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Nicholas Higham was born on December 25, 1961[1], in Salford[2]. He died on January 20, 2024[3]. He worked as a mathematician[4] and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Nicholas Higham born?

Nicholas Higham was born in Salford[2].

What did Nicholas Higham do for work?

Nicholas Higham worked as a mathematician[4] and university teacher[5].

Where did Nicholas Higham go to school?

Nicholas Higham was educated at University of Manchester[9] and Victoria University of Manchester[10].

What awards did Nicholas Higham receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[13], Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship[14], Fröhlich Prize[15], and Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics[16].

Related Entities

Salford United Kingdom University of Manchester Victoria University of Manchester

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  41. [3] ↑ . ilasic.org. Retrieved . ilasic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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