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Owe Axelsson

February 16, 1934 - June 2, 2022

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With all his scientific work Owe Axelsson contributed substantially to the field of Numerical Analysis in its broad sense. He is among the first to introduce and analyse preconditioning techniques for various classes of matrices with elegant and simple ideas, mathematical rigor, striving and achieving numerical and computational efficiency. He was strategic thinker, very good organizer, hard worker but also kind, supportive and friendly with colleagues, students and coworkers. With his life Owe left us an example of honesty, ethics, recognition, kindness, help and care!

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  • 2022-06-14 23:26:09 View / Comment (0)
    Maya Neytcheva

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    With friends from Hungary

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  • 2022-06-14 23:24:45 View / Comment (0)
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    On behalf of János Karátson "When remembering Owe, I think of someone who has played a crucial role in my past more than two decades. It is a privilege that I could work with him. It was a unique experience to feel directly his outstanding insight and inspiration. I was impressed by his exceptionally wide knowledge in so many areas and their connections. There have been long-term chains in our research that were started by a comment by him, given almost as an incidental one. It also made a great impact on me to meet the scientific community around Owe, and furthermore, to see his devotion to strengthen these relations. His kindness and friendly attitude also determined the everydays of our meetings. I will never forget his hospitality during my visits. Many of us also remember his kind offers to take groups of visitors for excursions in his minivan. Owe was well-known to care for a special emphasis on relations with East European colleagues. From Hungary I should mention, among others, Ilona Arany, István Faragó, Lajos László. Lajos had called my attention first to Owe's works. István and I recall in particular the generous act by Owe to write a foreword to our book, his recommendation gave us a reinforcing impulse. All of us preserve the memory of Owe."

  • 2022-06-09 18:41:51 View / Comment (0)
    Victor Eijkhout

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    Owe got me started in numerical analysis, and introduced me to various people, starting my subsequent career. I will always remember him as a generous and kind man.

  • 2022-06-08 19:20:00 View / Comment (0)
    William Layton

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    Owe has a huge impact on my understanding of research. Almost everything I know on numerical linear algebra was learned in interactions with him. My first steps in convection diffusion problems were in collaboration with him. From him I learned the important early lesson to ignore fashion in research and work on what I felt was important. I learned to work on a broad collection of problems with enthusiasm and energy. He was unfailingly generous with his ideas in discussions and each one discussion had new ideas. My times working with Owe were highlights of my research life and my own PhD students still benefit from them. I was fortunate to go to Nijmegen in 1982, early in my career, to work with him. -Bill Layton

    • William Layton 2022-06-08 19:20:00 wrote:

    Owe has a huge impact on my understanding of research. Almost everything I know on numerical linear algebra was learned in interactions with him. My first steps in convection diffusion problems were in collaboration with him. From him I learned the important early lesson to ignore fashion in research and work on what I felt was important. I learned to work on a broad collection of problems with enthusiasm and energy. He was unfailingly generous with his ideas in discussions and each one discussion had new ideas. My times working with Owe were highlights of my research life and my own PhD students still benefit from them. I was fortunate to go to Nijmegen in 1982, early in my career, to work with him. -Bill Layton

    William Layton 2022-06-08 19:20:00 wrote: Owe has a huge impact on my understanding of research. Almost everything I know on numerical linear algebra was learned in interactions with him. My first steps in convection diffusion problems were in collaboration with him. From him I learned the important early lesson to ignore fashion in research and work on what I felt was important. I learned to work on a broad collection of problems with enthusiasm and energy. He was unfailingly generous with his ideas in discussions and each one discussion had new ideas. My times working with Owe were highlights of my research life and my own PhD students still benefit from them. I was fortunate to go to Nijmegen in 1982, early in my career, to work with him. -Bill Layton

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