Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1967 (Mathematics)
- Dissertation: "A Generalization of Newton's Method with an Application to the Euler-Lagrange Equation"
- Advisors: Magnus Hestenes, Charles Tompkins
- M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1966 (Mathematics)
- B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1961 (Mathematics)
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