Joan Birman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Joan Birman

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 30-May-1927

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: mathematician, topologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Joan Birman

  • Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman (born May 30, 1927 in New York City) is an American mathematician, specializing in low-dimensional topology.
  • She has made contributions to the study of knots, 3-manifolds, mapping class groups of surfaces, geometric group theory, contact structures and dynamical systems.
  • Birman is currently Research Professor Emerita at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she has been since 1973.

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