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Berit Stensønes

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At Oberwolfach, 2018

Berit Stensønes (born 1956)[1] is a Norwegian mathematician specializing in complex analysis and complex dynamics and known for her work on several complex variables.[2] She is a professor of mathematical sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),[3] and a professor emerita at the University of Michigan.[4]

Education

Stensønes completed her Ph.D. in 1985 at Princeton University. Her dissertation, Envelopes of Holomorphy, was supervised by John Erik Fornæss.[5]

Book

With John Erik Fornæss, Stensønes is an author of the book Lectures on Counterexamples in Several Complex Variables (AMS Chelsea Publishing, American Mathematical Society, 1987; reprinted 2007).[6]

Recognition

Stensønes is a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.[7]

References

  1. ^ Birth year from WorldCat identities, accessed 2020-03-23
  2. ^ Complex numbers make the world bigger, Center for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
  3. ^ "Berit Stensønes", Employee profile, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, retrieved 2020-03-23
  4. ^ "Berit Stensones", Emeritus faculty, University of Michigan Mathematics, retrieved 2020-03-23
  5. ^ Berit Stensønes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  6. ^ Reviews of Lectures on Counterexamples in Several Complex Variables:
  7. ^ Gruppe I: Matmatikk, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, retrieved 2020-03-23