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22: 264:, and over 400 refereed articles. He was a co-founder in 1995 of software company MathResources, consulting and producing interactive software primarily for school and university mathematics. He was not associated with MathResources at the time of his death. 357:. In 2004, he (re-)joined the Faculty of Computer Science at Dalhousie University as a Canada Research Chair in Distributed and Collaborative Research, cross-appointed in Mathematics, while preserving an adjunct appointment at Simon Fraser. 1443: 1336: 1294: 1288: 417: 1463: 1260: 1458: 1453: 1448: 1398: 1312: 1300: 838: 1256: 1236: 1218: 1048: 401: 1352: 1322: 1208: 1342: 1278: 1423: 1418: 1403: 256:(numerical and computational analysis), and high performance computing. He authored ten books, including several on experimental mathematics, a 1306: 1252: 1148: 1060: 1184: 377: 459: 1433: 831: 662:. Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics. Vol. 313. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 323–347. 86: 675: 439: 58: 691: 824: 361: 65: 787: 230: 1408: 105: 39: 1388: 1383: 381: 72: 1428: 1413: 1106: 234: 1328: 349:, where he was founding Director of the Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics and developed the 43: 1438: 1154: 801: 413: 409: 365: 298: 54: 996: 488: 350: 1393: 1170: 1018: 866: 253: 722:"Ramanujan, Modular Equations, and Approximations to Pi or How to Compute One Billion Digits of Pi" 238: 173: 397: 346: 326: 32: 1190: 434: 338: 79: 1138: 896: 884: 342: 314: 1378: 1373: 978: 585: 584:
Bailey, David H.; Borwein, Jonathan M.; Kapoor, Vishaal; Weisstein, Eric W. (1 June 2006).
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Brent, Richard (31 October 2021). "Jonathan Michael Borwein 1951 − 2016: Life and Legacy".
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scientific programs. He was also Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the
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Borwein was married to Judith (née Roots), and had three daughters.
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Brent, Richard P. (2020). "The Borwein Brothers, Pi and the AGM".
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Advisory Board (2000–2003). He served as chair of various
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Borwein, J. M.; Borwein, P. B.; Bailey, D. H. (1989).
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