Stephen Hilbert
Stephen Hilbert | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Maryland (PhD) University of Notre Dame (BS) |
| Known for | Bramble–Hilbert lemma |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Ithaca College Cornell University |
Stephen R. Hilbert is an American mathematician best known as co-author of the Bramble–Hilbert lemma, which he published with James H. Bramble in 1970. Hilbert's area of specialty is numerical analysis. He has been a professor of mathematics at Ithaca College since 1968. Additionally, he taught mathematics at Cornell University as a visiting program professor during the 2003–2004 academic year.