Berit Stensønes (19 February 1956 – 5 June 2022)[1][2] was a Norwegian mathematician specializing in complex analysis and complex dynamics and known for her work on several complex variables.[3] She was a professor of mathematical sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),[4] and a professor emerita at the University of Michigan.[5]
Education
editStensønes completed her Ph.D. in 1985 at Princeton University. Her dissertation, Envelopes of Holomorphy, was supervised by John Erik Fornæss.[6]
Book
editWith John Erik Fornæss, Stensønes was an author of the book Lectures on Counterexamples in Several Complex Variables (AMS Chelsea Publishing, American Mathematical Society, 1987; reprinted 2007).[7]
Recognition
editStensønes was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.[8]
References
edit- ^ Berit Stensønes (in Norwegian)
- ^ Birth year from WorldCat identities, accessed 2020-03-23
- ^ Complex numbers make the world bigger, Center for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- ^ "Berit Stensønes", Employee profile, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, retrieved 2020-03-23
- ^ "Berit Stensones", Emeritus faculty, University of Michigan Mathematics, retrieved 2020-03-23
- ^ Berit Stensønes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Reviews of Lectures on Counterexamples in Several Complex Variables:
- Reiffen, H.-J., zbMATH, Zbl 0626.32001
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Ehrig, Gertraud, zbMATH, Zbl 1126.32001
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Cufí, Julià (1988), Mathematical Reviews, MR 0895821
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Rosay, Jean-Pierre (1989), American Mathematical Society, New Series, 20 (2): 193–196, doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15760-1, MR 1567748
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- Reiffen, H.-J., zbMATH, Zbl 0626.32001
- ^ Gruppe I: Matmatikk, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, retrieved 2020-03-23