Burton Wendroff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Burton Wendroff

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 10-Mar-1930

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Burton Wendroff (born 10 March 1930) is an American applied mathematician known for his contributions to the development of numerical methods for the solution of hyperbolic partial differential equations.
The Lax–Wendroff method for the solution of hyperbolic PDE is named for Wendroff (as well as for Peter Lax). Wendroff is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico.
He is also a retired Fellow and Associate at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Burton Wendroff a primary author of the Chess program Lachex.
Together with co-author Tony Warnock, Lachex competed at two World Computer Chess Championships at Cologne (1986) and Madrid (1992).