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Judith D. Sally

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Judith D. Sally
BornMarch 23, 1937
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forMathematical Research
Scientific career
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
Doctoral advisorIrving Kaplansky

Judith D. Sally (born March 23, 1937)[1] is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Northwestern University.[2] Her research is in commutative algebra.[3]

Career

Sally received her PhD in Mathematics from University of Chicago in 1971.[3][4] She joined the faculty at Northwestern University in 1972.[3][4]

In 1977 she received a Sloan Fellowship.[5] In 1995 she was invited to give the AWM Noether Lecture for fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences.[3] She has published several books on Mathematics Education with her husband[4] Paul Sally, a professor at University of Chicago.

Selected publications

  • Sally, Judith (1978). Numbers of generators of ideals in local rings. New York: M. Dekker. ISBN 0-8247-6645-8.
  • Sally, Judith (2003). Trimathlon: A Workout Beyond the School Curriculum. AK Peters, Ltd. ISBN 978-1-56881-184-0.
  • Sally, Judith (2007). Roots to Research: A Vertical Development of Mathematical Problems. Providence: American Mathematical Society. ISBN 978-0-8218-4403-8.

References

  1. ^ "Biographies of Women Mathematicians". Agnes Scott College. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "Northwestern Mathematics Department: People". Northwestern University. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d "1995 Noether Lecturer: Judith D. Sally". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  4. ^ a b c Golus, Carrie (2008). "Sally marks the spot". University of Chicago Magazine. 100 (4). Retrieved September 16, 2008.
  5. ^ "Past Sloan Research Fellows". Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.