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Emma Previato

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Citizenship
  
United States

Fields
  
Mathematics

Institutions
  
Boston University

Doctoral advisor
  
David Mumford

Name
  
Emma Previato

Institution
  
Boston University

Alma mater
  
Harvard University


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Thesis
  
Hyperelliptic Curves and Solitons (1983)

Doctoral students
  
Jacob BaltuchDrue ColesEleanor FarringtonJason HadnotAlexander KasmanCaleb ShorAngela Vierling

Known for
  
Algebraic geometry, partial differential equations

Notable awards
  
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

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Emma Previato (born 1952) is a professor of mathematics at Boston University. Her research concerns algebraic geometry and partial differential equations.

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Career

Previato received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1983 under David Mumford. She currently is a faculty member at Boston University.

Previato founded Boston University's chapters of the Mathematical Association of America and of the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Awards and honors

In 2003, Previato received the Mathematical Association of America Northeastern Section's Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics for her work in and out of the classroom, especially her mentoring of students.

In 2012, Previato became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Selected publications

  • Adams, M. R.; Harnad, J.; Previato, E. Isospectral Hamiltonian flows in finite and infinite dimensions. I. Generalized Moser systems and moment maps into loop algebras. Comm. Math. Phys. 117 (1988), no. 3, 451–500.
  • Previato, Emma. Hyperelliptic quasiperiodic and soliton solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Duke Math. J. 52 (1985), no. 2, 329–377.
  • Eilbeck, J. C.; Enolski, V. Z.; Matsutani, S.; Ônishi, Y.; Previato, E. Abelian functions for trigonal curves of genus three. Int. Math. Res. Not. IMRN 2008, no. 1, Art. ID rnm 140, 38 pp.

    • References

    Emma Previato Wikipedia
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