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James A. Morrow

James A. Morrow is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand James A. Morrow rather than just read about it. In short: James Allen Morrow (September 14, 1941 – April 2, 2024) was an American mathematician. His research interests shifted from several complex variables and differential geometry to discrete inverse problems in the middle of his career.

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Reference excerpt

James Allen Morrow (September 14, 1941 – April 2, 2024) was an American mathematician. His research interests shifted from several complex variables and differential geometry to discrete inverse problems in the middle of his career.

Education and career Morrow was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended high school in Dallas, Texas. In 1963, Morrow received a B.S. degree from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California. In 1967, Morrow received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. His dissertation "The Topological Type of Non-Singular Deformations of Singular Surfaces" was written under the supervision of Kunihiko Kodaira. After teaching at the University of California, Berkeley for two years, Morrow joined the faculty of the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington as an assistant professor in 1969. He was promoted to associate professor in 1973 and to professor in 1978.

Honors and awards In 2005, Morrow received the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) Education Prize, which recognizes mathematicians who have "played a major role in encouraging activities which enhance public awareness and appreciation of mathematics, as well as fostering communication amongst the various groups and organizations concerned". In that same year he was awarded a University of Washington College on Arts and Sciences Alumni Distinguished Professor. In 2006, Morrow received the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Distinguished Teaching Award of the Pacific Northwest Section of the MAA. In 2008, Morrow received one of the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the Mathematical Association of America. In 2013, Morrow received the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) M. Gweneth Humphreys Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Women for his "outstanding achievements in inspiring undergraduate women to discover and pursue their passion for mathematics." In 2018, Morrow was elected a Fellow of the Association for Women in Mathematics in the inaugural class.

Book James Morrow and Kunihiko Kodaira, Complex manifolds [1], AMS Chelsea Publishing, Providence, RI, 1971 (reprinted in 2006), Electronic ISBN 978-1-4704-3031-3.

References

External links Official website James A. Morrow's Author profile on MathSciNet

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with James A. Morrow

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about James A. Morrow ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of James A. Morrow

In research: James A. Morrow appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses James A. Morrow in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: James A. Morrow is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1941 births, 20th-century American mathematicians, 21st-century American mathematicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for James A. Morrow outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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