Elena Deza facts for kids
Elena Ivanovna Deza (born August 23, 1961) is a smart French and Russian mathematician. She is famous for writing books about special math topics like metric spaces and figurate numbers.
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About Elena Deza's Life and Work
Elena Deza was born in Volgograd, Russia, in 1961. She is a citizen of both France and Russia.
Her Journey in Education
Elena Deza studied mathematics at Moscow State Pedagogical University. She earned her first math degree in 1983. Later, in 1993, she completed her doctorate degree in math and physics. This means she became an expert in these subjects. In 1995, she also received a special certificate in number theory.
Her Teaching Career
From 1983 to 1988, Elena Deza taught math at Moscow State Forest University. After that, she moved to Moscow State Pedagogical University. She started as a lecturer there in 1993. Over the years, she continued to teach and research. By 2006, she became a full professor, which is a very high teaching position at a university.
Books by Elena Deza
Elena Deza has written many books, some in Russian and some in English. Her books help people understand complex math ideas.
- Dictionary of Distances (with Michel Deza, 2006)
- Encyclopedia of Distances (with Michel Deza, 2009; updated in 2016)
- Figurate Numbers (with Michel Deza, 2012) - This book is about numbers that can form geometric shapes, like triangles or squares.
- Generalizations of Finite Metrics and Cuts (with Michel Deza and Mathieu Dutour Sikirić, 2016)
- Mersenne Numbers and Fermat Numbers (2021) - This book explores special types of numbers called Mersenne and Fermat numbers.
