UT mathematician is first woman to win Abel Prize

[jimmyjazz 46165]

OK, cool.  Hook'em.

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Dr. Karen Uhlenbeck wins Abel Prize

 

[XYZ 2154]

It’s about time.

[RoundRobin 828]

How much time do you have to spend at Abel’s to win an award?

[deadshank 24653]

I bet her checkbook is a train wreck.

[miguelito 11312]

 

 

 

 

 

 

j/k Hook 'em!

[Guest Lobo]

C’mon Sean, nobody gives a damn about the Abel medal!!!

this is such a big deal for her and UT. So proud.  Coming at a great time as well considering the tough news on the 40 acres as of late.  Congrats and hook em to her.  They need to throw  big party.  Wonderful momentum for our women In STEAM as well!   

[bolverk 29727]

Came here to post this:

Uhlenbeck's complex and wide-ranging work includes analyzing the "minimal surfaces" of soap bubbles and finding ways to unite geometry and physics through new mathematical approaches. She's widely respected for her work on esoteric topics, such as partial differential equations and the calculus of variations.

"Uhlenbeck's research has led to revolutionary advances at the intersection of mathematics and physics," said Paul Goldbart, a professor of physics who is also the dean of UT's college of natural sciences. In a statement about Uhlenbeck winning the Abel Prize, he added, "Her pioneering insights have applications across a range of fascinating subjects, from string theory, which may help explain the nature of reality, to the geometry of space-time."

[snip]

Here's how she described her work in 1997:

"Mathematicians look at imaginary spaces constructed by scientists examining other problems. I started out my mathematics career by working on Palais' modern formulation of a very useful classical theory, the calculus of variations. I decided Einstein's general relativity was too hard, but managed to learn a lot about geometry of space-time. I did some very technical work in partial differential equations, made an unsuccessful pass at shock waves, worked in scale invariant variational problems, made a poor stab at three manifold topology, learned gauge field theory and then some about applications to four manifolds, and have recently been working on equations with algebraic infinite symmetries. I find that I am bored with anything I understand."

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/19/704841252/u-s-mathematician-becomes-first-woman-to-win-abel-prize-math-s-nobel

 

[SHOOTER12 8829]

Ok cool hook 'em

Reading that article I realized how much this type of stuff just totally bottles my mind. My poor little mathematically challenged mind. I am damn sure glad someone's got the brains for that kind of stuff, I surely don't.

Soap bubbles??? Who the hell would have thunk it.

Edited March 19, 2019 by SHOOTER12

[Trey3216 15358]

21 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Came here to post this:

Uhlenbeck's complex and wide-ranging work includes analyzing the "minimal surfaces" of soap bubbles and finding ways to unite geometry and physics through new mathematical approaches. She's widely respected for her work on esoteric topics, such as partial differential equations and the calculus of variations.

"Uhlenbeck's research has led to revolutionary advances at the intersection of mathematics and physics," said Paul Goldbart, a professor of physics who is also the dean of UT's college of natural sciences. In a statement about Uhlenbeck winning the Abel Prize, he added, "Her pioneering insights have applications across a range of fascinating subjects, from string theory, which may help explain the nature of reality, to the geometry of space-time."

[snip]

Here's how she described her work in 1997:

"Mathematicians look at imaginary spaces constructed by scientists examining other problems. I started out my mathematics career by working on Palais' modern formulation of a very useful classical theory, the calculus of variations. I decided Einstein's general relativity was too hard, but managed to learn a lot about geometry of space-time. I did some very technical work in partial differential equations, made an unsuccessful pass at shock waves, worked in scale invariant variational problems, made a poor stab at three manifold topology, learned gauge field theory and then some about applications to four manifolds, and have recently been working on equations with algebraic infinite symmetries. I find that I am bored with anything I understand."

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/19/704841252/u-s-mathematician-becomes-first-woman-to-win-abel-prize-math-s-nobel

 

There’s a difference between mathematics and physics? I mean, aside from a few laws which one must use the other to explain? 

[phdhorn 6224]

I bet she knows 288.
Congrats.

[Matuka 1315]

Yeah, but does she know how to skin a buck, run a trot line?

[OrangEngr 1035]

1 hour ago, bolverk said:

Came here to post this:

Uhlenbeck's complex and wide-ranging work includes analyzing the "minimal surfaces" of soap bubbles and finding ways to unite geometry and physics through new mathematical approaches. She's widely respected for her work on esoteric topics, such as partial differential equations and the calculus of variations.

"Uhlenbeck's research has led to revolutionary advances at the intersection of mathematics and physics," said Paul Goldbart, a professor of physics who is also the dean of UT's college of natural sciences. In a statement about Uhlenbeck winning the Abel Prize, he added, "Her pioneering insights have applications across a range of fascinating subjects, from string theory, which may help explain the nature of reality, to the geometry of space-time."

[snip]

Here's how she described her work in 1997:

"Mathematicians look at imaginary spaces constructed by scientists examining other problems. I started out my mathematics career by working on Palais' modern formulation of a very useful classical theory, the calculus of variations. I decided Einstein's general relativity was too hard, but managed to learn a lot about geometry of space-time. I did some very technical work in partial differential equations, made an unsuccessful pass at shock waves, worked in scale invariant variational problems, made a poor stab at three manifold topology, learned gauge field theory and then some about applications to four manifolds, and have recently been working on equations with algebraic infinite symmetries. I find that I am bored with anything I understand."

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/19/704841252/u-s-mathematician-becomes-first-woman-to-win-abel-prize-math-s-nobel

 

So, this has nothing to do with her sammich making ability?/no Lulz forum

[NeverMarryAStripper 21923]

Shit like this makes me proud to be a Horn

[Neonmoon 38130]

You know what? You can shove your medal up your fucking ass! Because I don't give a shit about your medal. Because I knew you before you were a mathematical God.

[RollLeft 5045]

We have rules people.  I just want to know if she's hot or not.  

[TwiceHorn 31539]

2 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

You know what? You can shove your medal up your fucking ass! Because I don't give a shit about your medal. Because I knew you before you were a mathematical God.

Well played.

[TwiceHorn 31539]

10 minutes ago, RollLeft said:

We have rules people.  I just want to know if she's hot or not.  

Someone didn't read the story.  She's 76 for starts.

[RollLeft 5045]

1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

Someone didn't read the story.  She's 76 for starts.

What if i told you i did read it and knew that...

[HoustonHorn 1062]

This is badass

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

This is great news, but I thought all the math had been discovered. 

[Catdaddyhorn 3447]

15 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

OK, cool.  Hook'em.

 

I just knew it was gonna be Professor Uhlenbeck before opening the thread. My most unexpected, back against the wall, coming through in the 4th quarter, had absolutely no business making,  A, was in her differential equations class. Therefore I'll always have fond memories of her.  

Edited March 20, 2019 by Catdaddyhorn

[Brisketexan 105373]

15 hours ago, bolverk said:

I started out my mathematics career by working on Palais' modern formulation of a very useful classical theory, the calculus of variations. I decided Einstein's general relativity was too hard, but managed to learn a lot about geometry of space-time. I did some very technical work in partial differential equations, made an unsuccessful pass at shock waves, worked in scale invariant variational problems, made a poor stab at three manifold topology, learned gauge field theory and then some about applications to four manifolds, and have recently been working on equations with algebraic infinite symmetries.

Dude....I mean, it's like we're TWINS.

[orange dream 1256]

Big whoop, I did a simple google search and found these...

 

where's my prize?

[Kyle 207]

Awesome.

[miguelito 11312]

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1084]

17 hours ago, Trey3216 said:

There’s a difference between mathematics and physics? I mean, aside from a few laws which one must use the other to explain? 

As a comedian I saw who was also a Johns Hopkins grad student once said:

Sociology is really psychology, psychology is really biology, biology is really chemistry, chemistry is really physics, physics is really math, and math is really east Asian studies.