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⚫ | Ellen Gethner is a US mathematician and computer scientist who won the [[Mathematical Association of America |
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⚫ | '''Ellen Gethner''' is a US mathematician and computer scientist specializing in [[graph theory]] who won the [[Mathematical Association of America]]'s [[Chauvenet Prize]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/writing-awards/chauvenet-prizes|title=Chauvenet Prizes {{!}} Mathematical Association of America|website=[[Mathematical Association of America]]|access-date=2019-04-07}}</ref> in 2002 with co-authors [[Stan Wagon]] and Brian Wick for their paper ''A stroll through the Gaussian Primes''.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gethner|first=Ellen|last2=Wagon|first2=Stan|last3=Wick|first3=Brian|date=1998|title=A Stroll Through the Gaussian Primes|journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]]|volume=105|issue=4|pages=327–337|doi=10.2307/2589708|issn=0002-9890|jstor=2589708}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Gethner has two doctorates. She completed her first, a PhD in mathematics from [[Ohio State University]], in 1992; her dissertation, ''Rational Period Functions For The Modular Group And Related Discrete Groups'', was supervised by L. Alayne Parson. She completed a second PhD in computer science from the [[University of British Columbia]] in 2002, with a dissertation ''Computational Aspects of Escher Tilings'' supervised by [[Nick Pippenger]] and [[David G. Kirkpatrick]].<ref name="auto">{{mathgenealogy|id=10613}}</ref> Gethner is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at [[University of Colorado Denver]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://engineering.ucdenver.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory|title=UC Denver faculty and staff directory}}</ref> |
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==Research== |
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Gethner became interested in connections between geometry and art after a high school lesson using a kaleidoscope to turn a drawing into an [[M. C. Escher|Escher]]-like [[tessellation]] of the plane. This later inspired some of her research on [[wallpaper pattern]]s and on converting music into visual patterns.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Making art from math|pages=6–8|journal=Impact|volume=3|issue=1|year=2014|publisher=University of Colorado Denver College of Engineering and Applied Science|url=https://issuu.com/ucdengineering/docs/impactmagazine2014}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 04:32, 7 June 2024
Ellen Gethner | |
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) United States |
Occupation(s) | Mathematician and Computer Scientist |
Known for | Research in graph theory, winning the Mathematical Association of America's Chauvenet Prize in 2002 |
Ellen Gethner is a US mathematician and computer scientist specializing in graph theory who won the Mathematical Association of America's Chauvenet Prize[1] in 2002 with co-authors Stan Wagon and Brian Wick for their paper A stroll through the Gaussian Primes.[2]
Career[edit]
Gethner has two doctorates. She completed her first, a PhD in mathematics from Ohio State University, in 1992; her dissertation, Rational Period Functions For The Modular Group And Related Discrete Groups, was supervised by L. Alayne Parson. She completed a second PhD in computer science from the University of British Columbia in 2002, with a dissertation Computational Aspects of Escher Tilings supervised by Nick Pippenger and David G. Kirkpatrick.[3] Gethner is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at University of Colorado Denver.[4]
Research[edit]
Gethner became interested in connections between geometry and art after a high school lesson using a kaleidoscope to turn a drawing into an Escher-like tessellation of the plane. This later inspired some of her research on wallpaper patterns and on converting music into visual patterns.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Chauvenet Prizes | Mathematical Association of America". Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ^ Gethner, Ellen; Wagon, Stan; Wick, Brian (1998). "A Stroll Through the Gaussian Primes". American Mathematical Monthly. 105 (4): 327–337. doi:10.2307/2589708. ISSN 0002-9890. JSTOR 2589708.
- ^ Ellen Gethner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "UC Denver faculty and staff directory".
- ^ "Making art from math". Impact. Vol. 3, no. 1. University of Colorado Denver College of Engineering and Applied Science. 2014. pp. 6–8.
External links[edit]
- Ellen Gethner publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Living people
- 21st-century American mathematicians
- American computer scientists
- American women computer scientists
- Graph theorists
- Ohio State University Graduate School alumni
- University of British Columbia alumni
- University of Colorado Denver faculty
- 1960 births
- 21st-century American women mathematicians
- American computer specialist stubs