Birgit Speh
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Birgit Speh | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 76–77) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Known for | Lie groups |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Thesis | Some Results on Principal Series of GL(n,R) (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bertram Kostant |
Birgit Speh (born 1949)[1] is a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Cornell University.[2] She is known for her work in Lie groups, including Speh representations (also known as Speh's representations).[3]
Speh received her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.[4] She was the first female mathematician to be given tenure by Cornell University, and the first to receive the title of Professor.[5]
