Garry John Tee (28 March 1932– 18 February 2024) was a New Zealand mathematician and computer scientist.
Garry Tee | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Professor (Emeritus), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Awards | Honorary Doctorate, Auckland University of Technology (2003) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Seddon Memorial Technical College, The University of Auckland |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Sub-discipline | History of Science |
| Institutions | The University of Auckland |
Biography
editGarry John Tee was born in Whanganui on 28 March 1932.[1][2] Tee attended Seddon Memorial Technical College (now Auckland University of Technology). In 1954, he was awarded a Master of Science with First Class Honours at the Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).[1][2][3] Following graduating, Tee worked as a computer in Australia for a oil prospecting team.[4]
In 1958, Tee was a mathematician at the English Electric Company, contributing to the development of the DEUCE computer.[2] In 1964, Tee helped establish the Department of Mathematics at the University of Lancaster and spent 1965 as a visiting scholar at the Department of Computer Science, Stanford University.[1][2] By 1968, Tee had returned to the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland, playing a key role in founding its Department of Computer Science.[1][5] Starting in 1969, Tee was also an active member of the Auckland University Underwater Club.[1][6]
In 1971, Tee pursued further studies under Richard Bellman at the University of Southern California.[2] However, Bellman's illness and subsequent death led Tee to return to Auckland without completing his doctorate.[2] In 2003, Tee received an honorary doctorate from the Auckland University of Technology.[1] Upon his retirement, he was designated Professor Emeritus at the University of Auckland.[5]
Publications
editTee published widely on numerical analysis, Charles Babbage, early women in mathematics and computing, and history of mathematics, computer science, and science more broadly.[1][7] Publications include:
- Tee, Garry J. "A novel finite-difference approximation to the biharmonic operator." The Computer Journal 6, no. 2 (1963): 177-192.
- Tee, Garry J. "Evidence for the Chinese Origin of the Jaguar Motif in Chavin Art.[8]" Asian Perspectives 21, no. 1 (1978): 27–29.
- Tee, Garry J. "The Heritage of Charles Babbage in Australasia." Annals of the History of Computing 5, no. 1 (1983): 45-60.
- Tee, Garry J. "A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821–1882." Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 15, no. 3 (1985): 341-343.
- Tee, Garry J. "Mathematics in the Pacific Basin.[9]" The British Journal for the History of Science 21, no. 4 (1988): 401–17.
- Tee, Garry J. "A Note on Bechmann's Approximate Construction of π, Suggested by a Deleted Sketch in Villard de Honnecourt's Manuscript.[10]" The British Journal for the History of Science 22, no. 2 (1989): 241–42.
- Tee, Garry J. "Prime powers of zeros of monic polynomials with integer coefficients." The Fibonacci Quarterly 32, no. 3 (1994): 277-283.
- Tee, Garry J. "Relics of Davy and Faraday in New Zealand.[11]" Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 52, no. 1 (1998): 93–102.
- Tee, Garry J. "Math Bite: Further Generalizations of a Curiosity That Feynman Remembered All His Life.[12]" Mathematics Magazine 72, no. 1 (1999): 44–44.
- Tee, Garry J. "Eigenvectors of block circulant and alternating circulant matrices." New Zealand Journal of Mathematics 36, no. 8 (2007): 195-211.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Garry TEE Obituary (2024)". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ a b c d e f Butcher, John; Keam, Ron (April 1992). "Garry John Tee" (PDF). New Zealand Mathematics Society Newsletter. 54.
- ^ Tee, Gary J. "From monsters to micros". From Yesterday to Tomorrow: 60 years of tech in New Zealand. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ "Garry Tee". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ a b "Dr Garry Tee". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ "Recollections - Dr Garry J. Tee". unidive.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ "Computer pioneer was a familiar figure on the ferry". The Devonport Flagstaff. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
- ^ TEE, GARRY J. (1978). "Evidence for the Chinese Origin of the Jaguar Motif in Chavin Art". Asian Perspectives. 21 (1): 27–29 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Tee, Garry J. (1988). "Mathematics in the Pacific Basin". The British Journal for the History of Science. 21 (4): 401–417 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Tee, Garry J. (1989). "A Note on Bechmann's Approximate Construction of π, Suggested by a Deleted Sketch in Villard de Honnecourt's Manuscript". The British Journal for the History of Science. 22 (2): 241–242 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Tee, Garry J. (1998). "Relics of Davy and Faraday in New Zealand". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 52 (1): 93–102 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Tee, Garry J. (1999). "Math Bite: Further Generalizations of a Curiosity That Feynman Remembered All His Life". Mathematics Magazine. 72 (1): 44 – via JSTOR.