The pursuit of a dream, Francisco Javier Sayas and the HDG methods

Abstract Franciso Javier Sayas, man of grit and determination, left his hometown Zaragoza in 2007 pursuit a dream, to become scholar the USA. I hosted him Minneapolis, where he spent three long years an arduous transition before obtaining permanent position at University Delaware. There, enthusiastically worked on unfolding dream until life was tragically cut short by cancer, only 50. In this paper, try bring light part academic shared with me. As we both hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin methods, wrote book subject, will tell Javier’s as it developed around topic. First, show how ideas static condensation hybridization , proposed back mid 60s, lead introduction those methods. This background material allow me story evolution methods describe participation it. faced death open eyes poised dignity. end poem liked.