Charles E. M. Pearce
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Charles Edward Miller Pearce (29 March 1940 – 8 June 2012) was a New Zealand/Australian mathematician. At the time of his death on 8 June 2012 he was the (Sir Thomas)
Early life
Pearce was born in Wellington. His early schooling was in Wellington and he was dux of Hutt Valley High School in 1957. He earned his Bachelor of Science (a double major in Applied and Pure Mathematics and a further double major in Physics and Mathematical Physics) and in 1962 he earned a Masters of Science with first class honours in Mathematics, all from Victoria University of Wellington. The bachelor's degree was from the University of New Zealand, as the constituent colleges of UNZ, of which Victoria University College was one of four, had proliferated into four autonomous Universities by the time Pearce completed his master's degree.[3]
New Zealand origins
Pearce always remained proud of his New Zealand origins. Being descended from Maori people, he claimed his New Zealand ancestry was longer than almost all his peers from New Zealand.[3]
Pearce is descended from Alexander Gray, one of just five Scots who settled in New Zealand as part of the original and largely strong interest in
Life and career
In 1963 Pearce left New Zealand for doctoral study at the
While at ANU, he met and married Frances (née O'Connor), and they brought up their two daughters, Emma and Ann, in Adelaide.[3] Charles died in a motor vehicle accident near Fox Glacier on the NZ South Island on 8 June 2012.[5]
Mathematical work
He is known for probabilistic and statistical modelling. Pearce published prolifically in the area of probabilistic and statistical modelling and analysis, with strong contributions being made in both theory and practice. His book with Dragomir addresses the fine points of the
With the formation of the Division of Applied Mathematics of the Australian Mathematical society, Pearce soon emerged as a key figure. The most enduring significant role was as Chief Editor of their Applied Mathematics Journal, now called The ANZIAM Journal of Applied Mathematics. The formation of
Pearce was elected as a Fellow of the
Books by Pearce
- Charles E. M. Pearce and F. M. Pearce, Oceanic Migration: Paths, Sequence, Timing and Range of Prehistoric Migration in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, ISBN 978-90-481-3825-8.
- Charles E. M. Pearce and Emma Hunt (Eds), Optimization: Structure and Applications, Springer, 2009.
- ISBN 978-0-521-88262-0.
- Sever S. Dragomir and Charles E. M. Pearce, Selected Topics on Hermite-Hadamard Inequalities and Applications, RGMIA Monographs, Victoria University, 2000.
References
- ^ Australian Society for Operations Research
- ^ Charles E. M. Pearce at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ ISSN 1446-8735.
- ^ Vice-Chancellor Professor James McWha (15 December 2003). "Dr Charles Pearce promoted to Professor, effective July 2003". Media Release, University of Adelaide.
- ^ "Coast crash victim an award-winning academic". The Otago Daily Times. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
Pearce's death, www.abc.net.au, 10 June 2012
Pearce's fatal car accident, au.news.yahoo.com - ^ "Citation for the 2001 ANZIAM Medal". Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
External links
- Charles Pearce's Scholar Google profile
- Pearce's LinkedIn profile
- MP3 recording of Pearce's Galileo lecture
- Pearce's Trove profile
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