Citizenship United States | Known for Lie groups Name Birgit Speh | |
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Thesis Some Results on Principal Series of GL(n,R) (1977) Doctoral students Stephen BullockMaria FungJonathan NeedlemanShayan Sen Alma mater |
Birgit Speh is a professor of mathematics at Cornell University. She is known for her work in Lie groups, including Speh representations (also known as Speh's representations).
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Career
Speh received her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. She was the first female mathematician to be hired by Cornell University.
Awards and honors
In 2012, Speh became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
Selected publications
References
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