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Gail Susan Nelson (born 1959)[1] is a mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at Carleton College.[2]

Education and career

Nelson did her undergraduate studies at the University of North Dakota.[2] She completed her Ph.D. in 1988 at the University of Minnesota. Her dissertation concerned partial differential equations, and was supervised by Eugene Barry Fabes; it was Bounds for the Fundamental Solutions of Degenerate Parabolic Partial Differential Equations.[3] She joined the Carleton College faculty in the same year.[2]

Books

Nelson is the author of two textbooks in mathematics:

She is also the editor-in-chief of the "Problem Books" book series of the Mathematical Association of America.[6]

References

  1. ^ Birth year from SUDOC authority control file, retrieved 2019-01-19.
  2. ^ a b c Gail Nelson, Professor of Mathematics, Carleton College, retrieved 2018-05-20
  3. ^ Gail S. Nelson at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ Reviews of Recurrence and Topology:
  5. ^ Reviews of A User-Friendly Introduction to Lebesgue Measure and Integration:
    • Natkaniec, Tomasz, zbMATH, Zbl 1339.28001{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Petersen, Karl, Mathematical Reviews, MR 3409206{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Graham, Jason M. (December 2015), "Review", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America
    • Rindler, H. (2016), Monatshefte für Mathematik (in German), 180 (4): 913–914, doi:10.1007/s00605-016-0948-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Frei, C. (2016), "Review" (PDF), Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten (in German), 232: 51
  6. ^ Book Series, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2018-05-20
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