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Karen Uhlenbeck

Karen Uhlenbeck
Uhlenbeck in 1982
Born
Karen Keskulla

(1942-08-24) August 24, 1942 (age 82)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor (BA)
New York University
Brandeis University (MA, PhD)
Known forCalculus of variations
Geometric analysis
Minimal surfaces
Yang–Mills theory
Spouses
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    (m. 1965⁠–⁠1976)​
  • Robert F. Williams (m. ? – present)
AwardsMacArthur Fellowship
Noether Lecturer (1988)
National Medal of Science (2000)
Leroy P. Steele Prize (2007)
Abel Prize (2019)[1]
Leroy P. Steele Prize (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
University of Texas, Austin
University of Chicago
University of Illinois, Chicago
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Thesis The calculus of variations and global analysis  (1968)
Doctoral advisorRichard Palais

Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck ForMemRS (born August 24, 1942) is an American mathematician and one of the founders of modern geometric analysis.[2] She is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she held the Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair.[3][4][5] She is currently a distinguished visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study[6] and a visiting senior research scholar at Princeton University.[7]

Uhlenbeck was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2007.[8] She won the 2019 Abel Prize for "her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics."[9] She is the first, and so far only, woman to win the prize since its inception in 2003.[10][11] She donated half of the prize money to organizations which promote more engagement of women in research mathematics.

  1. ^ Holden, Helge; Piene, Ragni, eds. (2024). "A journey through the mathematical world of Karen Uhlenbeck by Simon Donaldson". The Abel Prize 2018-2022. Springer-Verlag. arXiv preprint
  2. ^ Bill Chappell (March 19, 2019). "U.S. Mathematician Becomes First Woman To Win Abel Prize, 'Math's Nobel'". NPR. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  3. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. "Karen Uhlenbeck". MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive. University of St Andrews.
  4. ^ "Karen Uhlenbeck". Biographies of Women Mathematicians. Agnes Scott College.
  5. ^ Katterman, Lee (December 6, 1999). "Michigan Great Karen K. Uhlenbeck: Pioneer in mathematical analysis—and for women mathematicians". The University Record. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  6. ^ "Karen Uhlenbeck". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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  8. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
  9. ^ "2019: Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck". The Abel Prize. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
  10. ^ Meilan Solly (March 20, 2019). "Karen Uhlenbeck Is the First Woman to Win Math's Top Prize". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  11. ^ Chang, Kenneth (March 19, 2019). "Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Receive Abel Prize in Mathematics – Dr. Uhlenbeck helped pioneer geometric analysis, developing techniques now commonly used by many mathematicians". The New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2019.

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