Alston Scott Householder

Alston Scott Householder
Born5 May 1904
Died4 July 1993 (1993-07-05) (aged 89)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forHouseholder operator
Householder transformation
Householder's method
Scientific career
FieldsNumerical Analysis
Linear Algebra
InstitutionsOak Ridge National Laboratory
ThesisThe Dependence of a Focal Point Upon Curvature in the Calculus of Variations (1937)
Doctoral advisorGilbert Ames Bliss

Alston Scott Householder (5 May 1904 – 4 July 1993) was an American mathematician who specialized in mathematical biology and numerical analysis.

He is the inventor of the Householder transformation and of Householder's method.