Barbara L. Osofsky
Barbara L. Osofsky | |
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| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
| Known for | Abstract algebra |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Rutgers University |
| Thesis | Homological Properties of Rings and Modules (1964) |
| Doctoral advisor | Carl Clifton Faith |
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Barbara L. Osofsky is a retired professor of mathematics at Rutgers University.[1] Her research concerns abstract algebra.
Career
Osofsky received her Ph.D. from Rutgers in 1964.[2] She then worked at Rutger's university until 2004, when she retired.[3] She served as acting chair of the Rutgers mathematics department in 1978.[4]
Awards and honors
In 1973, Osofsky addressed a national meeting of the AMS. She was the first woman in 50 years to do so. She became the first female editor of an AMS journal in 1974 when she became the editor of Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society.[5]
From 2000 to 2002, Osofsky served as First Vice-President of the Mathematical Association of America.[3] In 2005, she was awarded the MAA meritorious service award.
In 2012, Osofsky became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]
Selected publications
- Osofsky, B. L. A generalization of quasi-Frobenius rings. J. Algebra 4 1966 373–387.
- Osofsky, B. L. Rings all of whose finitely generated modules are injective. Pacific J. Math. 14 1964 645–650.
- Osofsky, Barbara L.; Smith, Patrick F. Cyclic modules whose quotients have all complement submodules direct summands. J. Algebra 139 (1991), no. 2, 342–354.
References
- ^ Barbara L. Osofsky
- ^ Barbara Osofsky at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Charles Weibel. "A History of Mathematics at Rutgers". Retrieved Feb 1, 2015.
- ^ Peter L. Duren, Richard Askey, Uta C. Merzbach (1989) A Century of Mathematics in America American Mathematical Soc., p. 395
- ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society