John C. Butcher

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John C. Butcher (born 31 March 1933) is a mathematician who specialises in numerical methods for the solution of ordinary differential equations. Butcher works on multistage methods for initial value problems, such as Runge-Kutta and general linear methods.

More recently, he is investigating a new type of method with stability identical to that of a Runge-Kutta method.

[edit] Positions held

Lecturer, University of Sydney, 1959–1961.
Senior Lecturer, University of Canterbury, 1961–1964.
Computer Scientist, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 1965–1966.
Professor of Mathematics, University of Auckland, 1966–1979.
Head of Mathematics Department, University of Auckland, 1967–1973.
Founded Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, 1980.
Professor of Computer Science, University of Auckland, 1980–1988.
Head of Applied and Computational Mathematics Unit, University of Auckland, 1989–1994, 1997–1998.
Professor of Mathematics, University of Auckland, 1989–1998.
Honorary Research Professor, 1999–.