Emma Previato facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Emma Previato
Emma Previato, with Jean-Louis Verdier, 1984 at the MFO
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Badia Polesine, Italy
Died	June 29th, 2022 Boston, MA
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	Algebraic geometry, partial differential equations
Awards	Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Boston University
Thesis	Hyperelliptic Curves and Solitons (1983)
Doctoral advisor	David Mumford

Emma Previato (1952-2022) was a professor of mathematics at Boston University. Her research concerns algebraic geometry and partial differential equations.

Career

Previato received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1983 under David Mumford. She was a faculty member at Boston University.

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

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.

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

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.