Joan Birman
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 96 |
| Date of birth | May 30,1927 |
| Zodiac sign | Gemini |
| Born | New York |
| United States | |
| Known for | Braid group |
| Knot theory | |
| Braid theory, knot theory | |
| Books | Braids, Links, and Mapping Class Groups |
| Current partner | Joseph L. Birman |
| Academic advisor | Wilhelm Magnus |
| Awards | Noether Lecture |
| Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | |
| Chauvenet Prize | |
| Education | Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Library |
| Doctor student | Tara E. Brendle |
| Efstratia Kalfagianni | |
| Józef H. Przytycki | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 737318 |
Joan Birman Life story
Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman is an American mathematician, specializing in low-dimensional topology. She has made contributions to the study of knots, 3-manifolds, mapping class groups of surfaces, geometric group theory, contact structures and dynamical systems.
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