Philip Rabinowitz (; August 14, 1926 – July 21, 2006) was an American and

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. He was best known for his work in

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, including his books ''A First Course in Numerical Analysis'' with Anthony Ralston and ''Methods of Numerical Integration'' with

Philip J. Davis Philip J. Davis (January 2, 1923 – March 14, 2018) was an American academic Applied mathematics, applied mathematician. Biography Davis was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He was known for his work in numerical analysis and approximation theor ...

. He was the author of numerous articles on numerical computation. He earned his Ph.D. in 1951 under Walter Gottschalk at the

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. He worked for the American

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and taught at the

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