John G.F. Francis (1934 - ), devised the “QR transformation” for computing the eigenvalues of matrices. Born in London in 1934, he presently (2007) resides in Hove, England (near Brighton). In 1954 he worked for the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC). In 1955-1956 he attended Cambridge University. He then returned to the NRDC, where he served as assistant to Christopher Strachey. At this time he devised the QR transformation. In 1961 he left the NRDC to work at Ferranti Corporation, Ltd. and then at the University of Sussex. Subsequently, he had positions with various industrial organizations and consultancies. His interests encompassed artificial intelligence, computer languages, and systems engineering. He is currently retired. (See: http://www-sbras.nsc.ru/mathpub/na-net/db/showfile.phtml?v07n34.html#1เก็บถาวร 2009-03-02 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน .)
John G.F. Francis (1934 - ), devised the “QR transformation” for computing the eigenvalues of matrices. Born in London in 1934, he presently (2007) resides in Hove, England (near Brighton). In 1954 he worked for the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC). In 1955-1956 he attended Cambridge University. He then returned to the NRDC, where he served as assistant to Christopher Strachey. At this time he devised the QR transformation. In 1961 he left the NRDC to work at Ferranti Corporation, Ltd. and then at the University of Sussex. Subsequently, he had positions with various industrial organizations and consultancies. His interests encompassed artificial intelligence, computer languages, and systems engineering. He is currently retired. (See: http://www-sbras.nsc.ru/mathpub/na-net/db/showfile.phtml?v07n34.html#1เก็บถาวร 2009-03-02 ที่ เวย์แบ็กแมชชีน .)
