John C. Butcher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John C. Butcher

New Zealand computer scientist

Date of Birth: 31-Mar-1933

Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John Charles Butcher (born 31 March 1933) is a New Zealand mathematician who specialises in numerical methods for the solution of ordinary differential equations. Butcher works on multistage methods for initial value problems, such as Runge-Kutta and general linear methods.
The Butcher group and the Butcher tableau are named after him. More recently, he is investigating a new type of method with stability identical to that of a Runge-Kutta method.