Who was Powell? (from https://github.com/libprima/prima#who-was-powell https://github.com/libprima/prima#who-was-powell) Michael James David Powell FRS [1] was

Who was Powell? (from https://github.com/libprima/prima#who-was-powell https://github.com/libprima/prima#who-was-powell) Michael James David Powell FRS [1] was "a British numerical analyst who was among the pioneers of computational mathematics" [2]. He was the inventor/early contributor of quasi-Newton method [3], trust region method [4], augmented Lagrangian method [5], and SQP method [6]. Each of them is a pillar of modern numerical optimization. He also made significant contributions to approximation theory and methods [7]. Among numerous honors, Powell was one of the two recipients of the first Dantzig Prize [8] from the Mathematical Programming Society (MOS) and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). This is considered the highest award in optimization. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._D._Powell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._D._Powell [2] https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbm.2017.0023 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbm.201... [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Newton_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-Newton_method [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_region [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_Lagrangian_method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented_Lagrangian_method [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_quadratic_programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_quadratic_programmi... [7] https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/approximation-theory-and-methods/66FD8CD6F18FE1ED499A8CA9A05F2A5A#overview https://www.cambridge.org/highereducation/books/approximatio... [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dantzig_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dantzig_Prize