Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann
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CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize (2006)
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann | |
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.jpg) Tomczak-Jaegermann in 2003 | |
| Born | 8 June 1945 |
| Died | 17 June 2022 (aged 77) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Known for | Banach Space Theory[1] |
| Awards | Krieger–Nelson Prize (1999) CRM-Fields-PIMS Prize (2006) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematician |
Nicole Tomczak-Jaegermann FRSC (8 June 1945 – 17 June 2022) was a Polish-Canadian mathematician, a professor of mathematics at the University of Alberta, and the holder of the Canada Research Chair in Geometric Analysis.[2]
Her research is in geometric functional analysis,[2] and is unusual in combining asymptotic analysis with the theory of Banach spaces and infinite-dimensional convex bodies. It formed a key component of Fields medalist Timothy Gowers' solution to Stefan Banach's homogeneous space problem, posed in 1932.[3] Her 1989 monograph on Banach–Mazur distances is also highly cited.[4]
Education and career
Tomczak-Jaegermann earned her M.S. in 1968 from the University of Warsaw,[3] and her Ph.D. from the same university in 1974, under the supervision of Aleksander Pełczyński.[5] She remained on the faculty at the University of Warsaw from 1975 until 1983, when she moved to Alberta.[3]
Recognition
In 1996, Tomczak-Jaegermann was elected to the Royal Society of Canada,[6] and in 1999 she won the Krieger–Nelson Prize for an outstanding female Canadian mathematician.[3] In 1998 she was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin.[7] She was the winner of the 2006 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize for exceptional research in mathematics.[3]
