Emma Previato

Emma Previato
With Jean-Louis Verdier, 1984 at the MFO
Born(1952-11-29)November 29, 1952
Badia Polesine, Italy
DiedJune 29, 2022(2022-06-29) (aged 69)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Padua (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known forAlgebraic geometry, partial differential equations
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsBoston University
Thesis Hyperelliptic Curves and Solitons  (1983)
Doctoral advisorDavid Mumford

Emma Previato (November 29, 1952 – June 29, 2022) was an American professor of mathematics at Boston University.[1] Her research concerned algebraic geometry and partial differential equations.

Career

Previato received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1983 under David Mumford.[2] She was a faculty member at Boston University.[1] She was the author or co-author of nearly 100 research articles. She served as editor or co-editor of 6 books,[1] including Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Scientists (2002, CRC Press).[3]

Previato founded Boston University's chapters of the Mathematical Association of America[4] and of the Association for Women in Mathematics.[5]

Awards and honors

In 2003, she 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.[4]

In 2012, Previato became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[6]

Personal life

Previato was born in Badia Polesine in 1952. She earned undergraduate and master's degrees from the University of Padua before beginning her PhD at Harvard.[7]

Selected publications

  • Previato, Emma. Hyperelliptic quasiperiodic and soliton solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation]. Duke Mathematical Journal 52 (1985), no. 2, 329–377. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-85-05218-4
  • 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. Communications in Mathematical Physics 117 (1988), no. 3, 451–500. doi:10.1007/BF01223376
  • Eilbeck, J. C.; Enolski, V. Z.; Matsutani, S.; Ônishi, Y.; Previato, E. Abelian functions for trigonal curves of genus three. International Mathematics Research Notices 2008, no. 1, Art. ID rnm 140, 38 pp.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Emma Previato" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 70 (8): 1243–1251. September 2023. doi:10.1090/noti2763.
  2. ^ Emma Previato at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ Previato, Emma (29 October 2002). Dictionary of Applied Math for Engineers and Scientists. CRC Press. ISBN 9781420037760.
  4. ^ a b Menting, Ann (Apr 20, 2003). "Boston University Professor to Receive Regional Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award". Boston University News Releases. Retrieved Feb 9, 2015.
  5. ^ "Emma Previato". Hariri Institute for Computing. Boston University.
  6. ^ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
  7. ^ Kielanowski, Piotr; Dobrogowska, Alina; Goldin, Gerald; Goliński, Tomasz (2023). "In Memoriam: Emma Previato 1952–2022". Geometric methods in physics XXXIX. Trends in Mathematics. Cham: Birkhäuser. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-30284-8_2.