Peter Henrici (mathematician)

Peter Karl Henrici
Peter Henrici in 1982
Born(1923-09-13)13 September 1923
Basel, Switzerland
Died13 March 1987(1987-03-13) (aged 63)
Zürich, Switzerland
Alma materETH Zürich
Known forNumerical analysis
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles; ETH Zürich; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Doctoral advisor
Eduard Stiefel
Doctoral students
Gilbert Strang, William B. Gragg

Peter Karl Henrici (13 September 1923 – 13 March 1987) was a Swiss mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of numerical analysis.