Nick Trefethen

Nick Trefethen
FRS
Born
Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen

(1955-08-30) 30 August 1955
Alma mater
  • Harvard University
  • Stanford University
Known forEmbree–Trefethen constant
Spouses
Anne Trefethen (née Daman)
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(m. 1988⁠–⁠2008)​
Kate McLoughlin
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(m. 2011)​
Childrenone son, one daughter
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsNumerical analysis
Institutions
  • University of Oxford
  • New York University
  • MIT
  • Cornell University
ThesisWave Propagation and Stability for Finite Difference Schemes (1982)
Doctoral advisor
Joseph E. Oliger
Doctoral students
Alan Edelman
Websitepeople.maths.ox.ac.uk/trefethen

Lloyd Nicholas Trefethen FRS (born 30 August 1955) is an American mathematician, professor of numerical analysis and until 2023 head of the Numerical Analysis Group at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025.

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