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Twenty Female Mathematicians Hollis Williams
Twenty Female Mathematicians Hollis Williams Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Alba Carballo González for support and encouragement. 1 Table of Contents Sofia Kovalevskaya ................................................................................................................................. 4 Emmy Noether ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Mary Cartwright ................................................................................................................................... 26 Julia Robinson ....................................................................................................................................... 36 Olga Ladyzhenskaya ............................................................................................................................. 46 Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat ....................................................................................................................... 56 Olga Oleinik .......................................................................................................................................... 67 Charlotte Fischer .................................................................................................................................. 77 Karen Uhlenbeck .................................................................................................................................. 87 Krystyna Kuperberg ............................................................................................................................. -
Roman Duda (Wrocław, Poland) EMIGRATION OF
ORGANON 44:2012 Roman Duda (Wrocław, Poland) EMIGRATION OF MATHEMATICIANS FROM POLAND IN THE 20 th CENTURY (ROUGHLY 1919–1989) ∗ 1. Periodization For 123 years (1795–1918) Poland did not exist as an independent state, its territory being partitioned between Prussia (Germany), Austria and Russia 1. It was a period of enforced assimilation within new borders and thus of restraining native language and culture which first provoked several national uprisings against oppressors, and then – in the three decades at the turn of the 19 th to 20 th centuries – of a slow rebuilding of the nation’s intellectual life. Conditions, however, were in general so unfavourable that many talents remained undeveloped while some talented people left the country to settle and work elsewhere. Some of the mathematicians emigrating then (in the chronological order of birth): • Józef Maria Hoene–Wro ński (1776–1853) in France, • Henryk Niew ęgłowski (1807–1881) in Paris, • Edward Habich (1835–1909) in Peru, • Franciszek Mertens (1840–1929) in Austria, • Julian Sochocki (1842–1927) in Petersburg, • Jan Ptaszycki (1854–1912) in Petersburg, • Bolesław Młodziejewski (1858–1923) in Moscow, • Cezary Russyan (1867–1934) in Kharkov, • Władysław Bortkiewicz (1868–1931) in Berlin, • Alexander Axer (1880–1948) in Switzerland. Thus the period of partitions was a time of a steady outflow of many good names (not only mathematicians), barely balanced by an inflow due to assim- ilation processes. The net result was decisively negative. After Poland regained independence in 1918, five newly established or re–established Polish universities (Kraków, Lwów, Warsaw, Vilnius, Pozna ń) ∗ The article has been prepared on the suggestion of Prof. -
Fighting for Tenure the Jenny Harrison Case Opens Pandora's
Calendar of AMS Meetings and Conferences This calendar lists all meetings and conferences approved prior to the date this issue insofar as is possible. Instructions for submission of abstracts can be found in the went to press. The summer and annual meetings are joint meetings with the Mathe January 1993 issue of the Notices on page 46. Abstracts of papers to be presented at matical Association of America. the meeting must be received at the headquarters of the Society in Providence, Rhode Abstracts of papers presented at a meeting of the Society are published in the Island, on or before the deadline given below for the meeting. Note that the deadline for journal Abstracts of papers presented to the American Mathematical Society in the abstracts for consideration for presentation at special sessions is usually three weeks issue corresponding to that of the Notices which contains the program of the meeting, earlier than that specified below. Meetings Abstract Program Meeting# Date Place Deadline Issue 890 t March 18-19, 1994 Lexington, Kentucky Expired March 891 t March 25-26, 1994 Manhattan, Kansas Expired March 892 t April8-10, 1994 Brooklyn, New York Expired April 893 t June 16-18, 1994 Eugene, Oregon April4 May-June 894 • August 15-17, 1994 (96th Summer Meeting) Minneapolis, Minnesota May 17 July-August 895 • October 28-29, 1994 Stillwater, Oklahoma August 3 October 896 • November 11-13, 1994 Richmond, Virginia August 3 October 897 • January 4-7, 1995 (101st Annual Meeting) San Francisco, California October 1 December March 4-5, 1995 -
Tabak J Algebra Sets Symbols
algebra Revised Edition Openmirrors.com THE HISTORY OF algebra sets, symbols, and the language of thought Revised Edition John Tabak, Ph.D. Openmirrors.com ALGEBRA: Sets, Symbols, and the Language of Thought, Revised Edition Copyright © 2011, 2004 by John Tabak, Ph.D. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Learning 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tabak, John. Algebra : sets, symbols, and the language of thought / John Tabak—Rev. ed. p. cm.—(The history of mathematics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8160-7944-5 (alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4381-3585-4 (e-book) 1. Algebra—History. I. Title. QA151.T33 2011 512.009—dc22 2010021597 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.infobaselearning.com Excerpts included herewith have been reprinted by permission of the copyright hold- ers; the author has made every effort to contact copyright holders. The publisher will be glad to rectify, in future editions, any errors or omissions brought to its notice. Text design by David Strelecky Composition by Hermitage Publishing Services Illustrations by Dale Williams Photo research by Elizabeth H. -
Tabak J. Algebra. Sets, Symbols, and the Language of Thought (Facts
algebra Revised Edition THE HISTORY OF algebra sets, symbols, and the language of thought Revised Edition John Tabak, Ph.D. ALGEBRA: Sets, Symbols, and the Language of Thought, Revised Edition Copyright © 2011, 2004 by John Tabak, Ph.D. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Learning 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tabak, John. Algebra : sets, symbols, and the language of thought / John Tabak—Rev. ed. p. cm.—(The history of mathematics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8160-7944-5 (alk. paper) ISBN 978-1-4381-3585-4 (e-book) 1. Algebra—History. I. Title. QA151.T33 2011 512.009—dc22 2010021597 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.infobaselearning.com Excerpts included herewith have been reprinted by permission of the copyright hold- ers; the author has made every effort to contact copyright holders. The publisher will be glad to rectify, in future editions, any errors or omissions brought to its notice. Text design by David Strelecky Composition by Hermitage Publishing Services Illustrations by Dale Williams Photo research by Elizabeth H. -
Krystyna Maria Trybulec Kuperberg, De La Topología En Los Sistemas Dinámicos
MATEMÁTICOS ACTUALES Krystyna Maria Trybulec Kuperberg, de la topología en los sistemas dinámicos La matemática polaca Krystyna Kuperberg, cuyo nombre antes de contraer matrimonio era el de Krystyna Maria Trybulec, trabaja actualmente en la Universidad de Auburn, Alabama. Sus padres fueron Jan W. Trybulec y Barbara H. Kurlus. Ambos eran farmacéuticos capacitados y propietarios de una empresa de productos químicos en Tarnow, en la que dispensaban medicamentos. La ciudad de Tarnow, en el Sur de Polonia oriental, había sido administrada por Austria hasta que fue devuelta a Polonia concluida la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando Krystyna todavía era niña. Creció en una familia junto con un hermano mayor, Andrzej Trybulec, que estaba verdaderamente interesado en la filosofía y las matemáticas. La familia se traslada a Gdansk, en la costa norte de Polonia, cuando Krystyna, que se había criado en Tarnow, acababa de cumplir 15 años. Después de asistir a la escuela secundaria durante tres años en la ciudad de Gdansk entra en la Universidad de Varsovia en el año 1962, donde también estudiaba ya su hermano Andrzej. Se había inscrito para los estudios de filosofía, pero cambia de idea y se decide por el estudio de las matemáticas. En realidad, Krystyna había decidido ya en la escuela secundaria que iba a estudiar matemáticas al incorporarse a la universidad. Su primer curso de estudio fue impartido por Andrzej Mostowski, asistiendo después a varias conferencias de topología dictadas por Karol Borsuk encontrando el tema realmente fascinante. Desde luego no era el único miembro de la familia a quien le gustaban las conferencias de Borsuk, pues ya a su hermano mismo le parecieron, con mucha diferencia, lo mejor de todos los estudios de matemáticas. -
GEOMETRY: the Language of Space and Form, Revised Edition
geometry Revised Edition Math Chapter Title iii THE HISTORY OF geometry the language of space and form Revised Edition John Tabak, Ph.D. GEOMETRY: The Language of Space and Form, Revised Edition Copyright © 2011, 2004 by John Tabak, Ph.D. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Facts On File, Inc. An imprint of Infobase Learning 132 West 31st Street New York NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tabak, John. Geometry, revised edition : the language of space and form / John Tabak.—Rev. ed. p. cm.—(The history of mathematics) Rev. ed. of Geometry: the language of space and form, c 2004. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8160-7942-1 ISBN 978-1-4381-3559-5 (e-book) 1. Geometry—History. I. Tabak, John. Geometry. II. Title. QA443.5.T33 2011 516.009—dc22 2010018627 Facts On File books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions, or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in New York at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Facts On File on the World Wide Web at http://www.infobaselearning.com Excerpts included herewith have been reprinted by permission of the copyright hold- ers; the author has made every effort to contact copyright holders. The publisher will be glad to rectify, in future editions, any errors or omissions brought to its notice. -
Program of the Sessions San Antonio, Texas, January 10–13, 2015
Program of the Sessions San Antonio, Texas, January 10–13, 2015 Thursday, January 8 Friday, January 9 AMS Short Course on Finite Frame Theory: A AMS Short Course on Finite Frame Theory: A Complete Introduction to Overcompleteness, Complete Introduction to Overcompleteness, Part I Part II 8:00 AM –4:45PM Room 212, Convention Center 9:00 AM –5:30PM Room 212, Convention Center Organizer: Kasso A Okoudjou, University of Maryland, Organizer: Kasso A Okoudjou, College Park University of Maryland, College Park 8:30AM Preconditoining techniques in frame (5) theory and probabilistic frames. Kasso A. Okoudjou,Universityof 9:00AM An introduction to finite frame theory. Maryland, College Park (1) Peter G. Casazza, University of Missouri 10:30AM Compressed sensing and dictionary (6) learning. 11:00AM A primer on finite unit norm tight Chen Guangliang*, San Jose State (2) frames. University, and Deanna Needell*, Dustin G. Mixon, Air Force Institute of Claremont McKenna College Technology 2:30PM Quantization for Finite Frames. (7) Alexander Powell*, Vanderbilt 2:00PM Algebro-Geometric Techniques and University, and Ozgur Yilmaz*, (3) Geometric Insights for Finite Frames. University of British Columbia Nate Strawn, Duke University AMS Department Chairs Workshop 4:00PM Frames and phaseless reconstruction. (4) Radu Balan, University of Maryland, 8:00 AM –6:30PM Texas Ballroom, Salon College Park D, Grand Hyatt San Antonio The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions meeting will be found in Volume 36, Issue 1 of Abstracts is ten minutes. The time limit for each MAA contributed of papers presented to the American Mathematical Society, paper varies. -
President's Report
Volume 37, Number 4 NEWSLETTER July–August 2007 President’s Report AWM Members: In July, Anne Leggett will have completed thirty years as editor of this news- letter. AWM owes her a great debt of gratitude for her work. Those of us who have written articles for the newsletter know the energy that she gives to it, saving us from embarrassing mistakes by careful reading, and responding to delays in promised articles with good humor, tolerance, and firmness. Krystyna Kuperberg has won the Sierpinski Medal, an award given by the Polish mathematical community. She serves on the AWM Executive Committee as a member at large and is the Principal Investigator for AWM’s travel grant pro- IN THIS ISSUE gram—for which she deserves our thanks. Details about her award will (I hope) 6 AWM Searches for appear in the next issue of the newsletter. New Executive Director I did not attend the Snowbird meeting, but I heard that Lai-Sang Young gave a lovely Kovalevsky lecture and that the AWM workshop seemed to go par- 9 In Memoriam: ticularly well. Many, many thanks to the organizers Trachette Jackson, Mary Deborah Topper Haimo Silber, and Mary Lou Zeeman—and to the mathematicians who took the time and energy to mentor graduate students and post-docs at the workshop. 10 Emma Lehmer Dies at 100 In August, Katherine St. John will give the Falconer Lecture at Mathfest. 12 Book Review Her work concerns biology, and in her talk she will discuss related combinato- rial questions. I am also pleased to see that Jennifer Tour Chayes will be giving 16 Education Column the Hedrick Lecture Series and that Judith Grabiner will be giving an MAA Invited Address. -
Absolute Neighborhood Retracts and Shape Theory
CHAPTER 9 Absolute Neighborhood Retracts and Shape Theory Sibe Mardesic Department of Mathematics, University of Zagreb, Bijenicka cesta 30, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia E-mail: [email protected] Absolute neighborhood retracts (ANR's) and spaces having the homotopy type of ANR's, like polyhedra and CW-complexes, form the natural environment for homotopy theory. Homotopy-like properties of more general spaces (shape properties) are studied in shape theory. This is done by approximating arbitrary spaces by ANR's. More precisely, one replaces spaces by suitable systems of ANR's and one develops a homotopy theory of systems. This approach Hnks the theory of retracts to the theory of shape. It is, therefore, natural to consider the history of both of these areas of topology in one article. A further justification for this is the circumstance that both theories owe their fundamental ideas to one mathematician, Karol Borsuk. We found it convenient to organize the article in two sections, devoted to retracts and to shape, respectively. 1. Theory of retracts The problem of extending a continuous mapping f : A -> Y from a closed subset A of a space X to all of Z, or at least to some neighborhood 17 of A in Z, is very often en countered in topology. Karol Borsuk realized that the particular case, when Y — X and / is the inclusion /: A ^- X, deserves special attention. In this case, any extension of / is called a retraction {neighborhood retraction). If retractions exist, A is called a retract {neighborhood retract) of X. In his Ph.D. thesis "O retrakcjach i zbiorach zwi^zanych" ("On retractions and related sets"), defended in 1930 at the University of Warsaw, Borsuk introduced and studied these basic notions as well as the topologically invariant notion of absolute retract (abbreviated as AR). -
PDF of Program of the Sessions
Program of the Sessions Denver, Colorado, January 15–18, 2020 Monday, January 13 AMS Short Course Reception AMS Short Course on Mean Field Games: 5:00 PM –6:00PM Capitol Ballroom 1,2,3, Agent Based Models to Nash Equilibria 4th Floor, Hyatt Regency Denver 9:00 AM –6:00PM Capitol Ballroom 1,2,3, 4th Floor, Hyatt Regency Denver Organizer: Franc¸ois Delarue, University of Nice 9:00AM Registration Tuesday, January 14 9:45AM Introduction AWM Moving Towards Action Workshop 10:00AM The Nash certainty equivalence and 8:00 AM –5:00PM Denver 1,2, Hilton (1) applications. Denver City Center Roland P. Malham´e, Polytechnique Montr´eal Organizers: Maeve McCarthy, Murray 11:30AM Break State University Elizabeth Donovan, Murray 11:30AM The Nash certainty equivalence and State University (2) applications: Exercise Session. Christy V. Graves, Princeton University Vrushali Bokil,Oregon State University NOON Lunch Ami Radunskaya, Pomona 2:00PM The Master Equation. College (3) F. Delarue, Universite Cote d’Azur, Moderator: Karoline Pershell, France Association for Women in 3:15PM Discussion and Break Mathematics 4:00PM Applications of Mean Field Games in AMS Department Chairs Workshop (4) Economic Theory. Rene Carmona, Princeton University, 8:00 AM –6:30PM Capitol Ballroom 4, 4th 5:00PM Reception Floor, Hyatt Regency Denver The time limit for each AMS contributed paper in the sessions meeting will be found in Volume 41, Issue 1 of Abstracts is ten minutes. The time limit for each MAA contributed of papers presented to the American Mathematical Society, paper varies. In the Special Sessions the time limit varies ordered according to the numbers in parentheses following from session to session and within sessions.