Emma Previato

Emma Previato (born 1952) is a professor of mathematics at Boston University.[1] Her research concerns algebraic geometry and partial differential equations.

Emma Previato
Emma Previato, with Jean-Louis Verdier, 1984 at the MFO
Born1952 (age 6768)
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materHarvard University
Known forAlgebraic geometry, partial differential equations
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsBoston University
ThesisHyperelliptic Curves and Solitons (1983)
Doctoral advisorDavid Mumford

Career

Previato received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1983 under David Mumford.[2] She currently is a faculty member at Boston University.[1]

Previato founded Boston University's chapters of the Mathematical Association of America[3] and of the Association for Women in Mathematics.[4]

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.[3]

In 2012, Previato became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[5]

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.
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