Ragni Piene Explained

Ragni Piene (born 18 January 1947, Oslo)[1] is a Norwegian mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry, with particular interest in enumerative results and intersection theory.[2]

Education and career

After a bachelor's degree from the University of Oslo in 1969 and a DEA from Université de Paris in 1970 [3] Piene received a doctorate in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976, advised by Steven Kleiman. Her dissertation was titled Plücker Formulas.[4]

She was appointed professor at the University of Oslo in 1987.[5]

Recognition

She was elected a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1994,[6] and in 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society[7] and a member of the Academia Europaea. We is also one of the protagonists of the Women of mathematics exhibition. [8]

Service

Since 2003 she has been a member of the executive committee of the International Mathematical Union, and was the chair of the Abel Committee from 2010–2011 to 2013–2014.[9] [10]

Notes and References

  1. http://folk.uio.no/ragnip/RPieneCV_11.pdf CV
  2. Web site: Curriculum vitae. 2018-05-01.
  3. Web site: Ragni Piene - Women of Mathematics throughout Europe. A gallery of portraits. womeninmath.net/catalogue/. 2021-05-14.
  4. Web site: Ragni Piene - The Mathematics Genealogy Project. www.genealogy.ams.org. 2018-05-01.
  5. Encyclopedia: 2007. Ragni Piene. Store norske leksikon. Henriksen, Petter. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 29 October 2009.
  6. Web site: Gruppe 1: Matematiske fag. Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Norwegian. 29 October 2009.
  7. https://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
  8. https://womeninmath.net/protagonist/ragni-piene/ RAGNI PIENE - Women of Mathematics throughout Europe. A gallery of portraits
  9. Web site: The Abel Committee 2010/2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509184830/http://www.abelprize.no/c53678/artikkel/vis.html?tid=56493 . 2016-05-09 . 4 January 2016.
  10. Web site: The Abel Committee 2013/2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160509183200/http://www.abelprize.no/c53678/artikkel/vis.html?tid=61675 . 2016-05-09 . 4 January 2016.

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