Rebecca Waldecker facts for kids
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Rebecca Anne Hedwig Waldecker was born in Germany in 1979. She is a smart German mathematician. She studies a special area of math called group theory. This is a way to understand how things can be grouped and moved around. She is a professor who teaches algebra at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
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Becoming a Math Professor
Rebecca Waldecker grew up in a city called Aachen in Germany. She loved math and studied hard.
Her University Studies
She went to the University of Kiel for her advanced studies. In 2007, she earned her special math degree, like a PhD. Her teacher was a famous mathematician named Helmut Bender. Later, in 2014, she finished another important step in her studies at Martin Luther University. This step is called a "habilitation." It means she was ready to be a full professor.
Working at Universities
After her studies, Rebecca Waldecker worked as a researcher in England. She was a Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Birmingham. In 2009, she came back to Germany. She started teaching at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. She became a junior professor there. By 2015, she became a full professor for algebra. This means she teaches advanced math topics.
Books by Rebecca Waldecker
Rebecca Waldecker has written several math books. These books help others learn about complex math ideas.
Isolated Involutions in Finite Groups
One of her books is called Isolated Involutions in Finite Groups. She wrote it in 2013. This book came from her own research when she was getting her PhD. It is about special kinds of numbers and groups in math.
Primality Testing for Beginners
She also wrote a book with another mathematician, Lasse Rempe-Gillen. The book is called Primzahltests für Einsteiger in German. This means "Primality Tests for Beginners." It teaches about primality tests. These are ways to check if a number is a prime number. Prime numbers are very important in math and computer safety. This book was so good that it was translated into English. The English version is called Primality Testing for Beginners. It helps students learn about number theory, computer steps (algorithms), and secret codes (cryptography).
Elementare Algebra und Zahlentheorie
In 2019, she also helped update a math textbook. It is called Elementare Algebra und Zahlentheorie. This book teaches basic algebra and number theory. It helps students learn the building blocks of math.
