Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann
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Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann FRSC
is a Polish Canadian
mathematician
, a professor of mathematics at the University of Alberta
, and the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Geometric Analysis.
Her research is in geometric
functional analysis
, and is unusual in combining asymptotic analysis
with the theory of Banach space
s and infinite-dimensional convex bodies
. It formed a key component of Fields medal
ist Timothy Gowers' solution to Stefan Banach
's homogeneous space problem, posed in 1932. Her 1989 monograph on Banach–Mazur distances
is also highly cited.
Tomczak-Jaegermann earned her M.S. in 1968 from the University of Warsaw
, and her Ph.D. from the same university in 1974, under the supervision of Aleksander Pelczynski. She remained on the faculty at the University of Warsaw from 1975 until 1983, when she moved to Alberta.
In 1996, Tomczak-Jaegermann was elected to the Royal Society of Canada
, and in 1999 she won the Krieger–Nelson Prize for an outstanding female Canadian mathematician. She was the winner of the 2006 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize
for exceptional research in mathematics.
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
is a Polish Canadian
Polish Canadians
Polish Canadians are Citizens of Canada with Polish ancestry, and Poles who immigrated to Canada from abroad. According to the 2001 census by Statistics Canada, 984,585 Canadians claim full or partial Polish ancestry.-History:...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, a professor of mathematics at the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
, and the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Geometric Analysis.
Her research is in geometric
Geometric analysis
Geometric analysis is a mathematical discipline at the interface of differential geometry and differential equations. It includes both the use of geometrical methods in the study of partial differential equations , and the application of the theory of partial differential equations to geometry...
functional analysis
Functional analysis
Functional analysis is a branch of mathematical analysis, the core of which is formed by the study of vector spaces endowed with some kind of limit-related structure and the linear operators acting upon these spaces and respecting these structures in a suitable sense...
, and is unusual in combining asymptotic analysis
Asymptotic analysis
In mathematical analysis, asymptotic analysis is a method of describing limiting behavior. The methodology has applications across science. Examples are...
with the theory of Banach space
Banach space
In mathematics, Banach spaces is the name for complete normed vector spaces, one of the central objects of study in functional analysis. A complete normed vector space is a vector space V with a norm ||·|| such that every Cauchy sequence in V has a limit in V In mathematics, Banach spaces is the...
s and infinite-dimensional convex bodies
Convex body
In mathematics, a convex body in n-dimensional Euclidean space Rn is a compact convex set with non-empty interior.A convex body K is called symmetric if it is centrally symmetric with respect to the origin, i.e. a point x lies in K if and only if its antipode, −x, also lies in K...
. It formed a key component of Fields medal
Fields Medal
The Fields Medal, officially known as International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics, is a prize awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians not over 40 years of age at each International Congress of the International Mathematical Union , a meeting that takes place every four...
ist Timothy Gowers' solution to Stefan Banach
Stefan Banach
Stefan Banach was a Polish mathematician who worked in interwar Poland and in Soviet Ukraine. He is generally considered to have been one of the 20th century's most important and influential mathematicians....
's homogeneous space problem, posed in 1932. Her 1989 monograph on Banach–Mazur distances
Banach–Mazur compactum
In the mathematical study of functional analysis, the Banach–Mazur distance is a way to define a distance on the set Q of n-dimensional normed spaces. If X and Y are two finite-dimensional normed spaces with the same dimension, let GL denote the collection of all linear isomorphisms...
is also highly cited.
Tomczak-Jaegermann earned her M.S. in 1968 from the University of Warsaw
University of Warsaw
The University of Warsaw is the largest university in Poland and one of the most prestigious, ranked as best Polish university in 2010 and 2011...
, and her Ph.D. from the same university in 1974, under the supervision of Aleksander Pelczynski. She remained on the faculty at the University of Warsaw from 1975 until 1983, when she moved to Alberta.
In 1996, Tomczak-Jaegermann was elected to the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
, and in 1999 she won the Krieger–Nelson Prize for an outstanding female Canadian mathematician. She was the winner of the 2006 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize
CRM-Fields-PIMS prize
The CRM-Fields prize was given annually by the Centre de recherches mathématiques and the Fields Institute from 1994 to 2005. From 2006the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences joined the other two institutes awarding the prize, making the CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize.The prize is given for...
for exceptional research in mathematics.
External links
- Home page at the University of Alberta