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Nina Snaith
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Snaith in 2009
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Nina Claire Snaith
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| Awards | Suffrage Science award (2018) Whitehead Prize (2008) |
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| Institutions | University of Bristol |
| Thesis | Random Matrix Theory and zeta functions (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jonathan Keating |
Nina Claire Snaith is a British mathematician. She works at the University of Bristol. Her studies involve special areas of math called random matrix theory and quantum chaos.
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Nina Snaith's Education
Nina Snaith studied at the University of Bristol. She earned her PhD degree there in 2000. Her research was guided by Professor Jonathan Keating. Her PhD work was titled Random Matrix Theory and zeta functions.
Nina Snaith's Career and Research
Nina Snaith is a Professor of Mathematical Physics. She teaches and researches at the University of Bristol.
Exploring Math Mysteries
In 1998, Nina Snaith and her advisor, Jonathan Keating, made an important guess. They suggested a value for a part of the Riemann zeta function. This function is a very complex idea in math. Their guess was based on random matrix theory. This is a way to study numbers using patterns found in random tables of numbers.
Their work helped to continue a trend in mathematics. This trend started with a guess by another mathematician, Hugh Montgomery. He looked at how prime numbers are spaced out. Nina Snaith's work built on ideas from other mathematicians too. Later, she and her colleagues made more guesses about this function.
Awards and Recognition
Nina Snaith has received several important awards for her work.
- In 2008, she was given the Whitehead Prize. This award comes from the London Mathematical Society. It recognizes mathematicians who have done excellent work.
- In 2014, she gave the annual Hanna Neumann Lecture. This special lecture celebrates the achievements of women in mathematics.
- In 2018, she received a Suffrage Science award. This award celebrates women in science and engineering.
Nina Snaith's Family Life
Nina Snaith comes from a family of talented people. Her father, Victor Snaith, is also a mathematician. Her brother, Dan Snaith, is a mathematician and a musician. He is well-known for his music under the names Caribou and Daphni.
