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Bramble, James
Dr. James Bramble,
Professor Emeritus, Cornell University
Distinguished
Professor of Mathematics, Texas A&M University
Office: Blocker 505B
Phone: (979) 845-7137
Fax: (979) 845-4190
E-mail: James.Bramble@math.tamu.edu
Homepage: http://www.math.tamu.edu/~bramble
Mailing Address:
Department of Mathematics
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3368
Education
A.B. Brown University, 1953
M.A. Mathematics, University
of Maryland, 1955
Ph.D. Mathematics, University
of Maryland, 1958
Research Interests
Numerical solutions of partial differential equations
For the past 25 years Professor Bramble has been interested in the development of the theoretical foundation of finite-element methods for the approximation of solutions of elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. Recently he has concentrated on questions concerning rapid solution of large-scale systems that result from such approximations. One such question is: Among all the theoretically good approximations to a general class of problems, are there some that can be solved efficiently by taking advantage of modern computer architectures such as parallelism? Answers to questions like this one can bring many problems into the realm of practical feasibility.
Professor Bramble’s current research interest is the design of approximations to solutions to problems in partial differential equations that adequately describe the problem and that can be efficiently solved using modern computing power. In particular, he has been most recently interested in Maxwell's equations and acoustics, including scattering problems.