Isaac Jacob Schoenberg

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Isaac Jacob Schoenberg was a Romanian-American mathematician best known for his foundational work in approximation theory and the development of B-splines.

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instanceOf Romanian-American mathematician
human
mathematician
birthName Isaac Jacob Schoenberg NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Romania NERFINISHED
United States of America
educatedAt University of Göttingen
University of Iași NERFINISHED
employer Duke University NERFINISHED
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Chicago
University of Maryland, College Park NERFINISHED
University of Pennsylvania
University of Wisconsin–Madison NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Schoenberg NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork approximation theory
mathematics
numerical analysis
givenName Isaac NERFINISHED
influenced development of computer-aided geometric design
modern numerical approximation methods
knownFor development of B-splines
foundational work in approximation theory
spline theory
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
Romanian
memberOf American Mathematical Society NERFINISHED
Mathematical Association of America NERFINISHED
notableConcept B-spline NERFINISHED
spline interpolation
variation-diminishing spline

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B-splines introducedBy Isaac Jacob Schoenberg