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Comment by jjgreen | Hacker News Reader

It is a terrible shame that this excellent "What is .." series is concluded, Higham died earlier this year aged 62.

Oh no! I had no idea! I met Higham at a conference many years ago, and the lecture he gave was inspiring!

From https://ilasic.org/ilas-net-archive-2024/

  2024 January 22
  ILAS-NET Message no. 2515
  CONTRIBUTED ANNOUNCEMENT FROM:   Francoise Tisseur and Des Higham
  SUBJECT: Nick Higham (1961--2024)

With great sadness we report that Nick Higham, Royal Society Research Professor and Richardson Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Manchester, passed away on January 20, 2024, at the age of 62 after an 18 month struggle with a form of blood cancer. An obituary describing Nick's research and leadership contributions will appear in SIAM News in due course.

Francoise Tisseur and Des Higham

Wow, apparently published his last post, "What Is the Spectral Radius of a Matrix?" just 8 days before his passing. Legend.

https://nhigham.com/2024/01/

It's chilling to see the blog archive end at "January 2024"

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