Susan Montgomery facts for kids
M. Susan Montgomery was born on April 2, 1943, in Lansing, Michigan. She is a famous American mathematician. She studies special kinds of math called noncommutative algebras. This includes Hopf algebras, which are like special number systems, and how they work with other math structures. Earlier in her career, she studied how groups of numbers act on other number systems called rings.
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M. Susan Montgomery
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| Born | April 2, 1943 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, B.A. '65 University of Chicago, S.M. '66 University of Chicago, Ph.D. '69 |
| Known for | Structure and representations of Hopf algebras. |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | USC |
| Thesis | The Lie Structure of Simple Rings With Involution of Characteristic 2 (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Israel Nathan Herstein |
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Becoming a Mathematician
Susan Montgomery studied at the University of Michigan, where she earned her first degree in 1965. She then went to the University of Chicago. In 1969, she earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics there. Her teacher was a well-known mathematician named I. N. Herstein.
Teaching and Research Career
After finishing her Ph.D., Dr. Montgomery taught at DePaul University for one year. In 1970, she joined the faculty at the University of Southern California (USC). She became a full Professor in 1982. From 1996 to 1999, she was the head of the Mathematics Department at USC.
Dr. Montgomery has traveled to many places for her research. She spent time at universities in Jerusalem, Leeds, Wisconsin, Munich, and Australia. She also visited special math institutes like the Mittag-Leffler Institute.
Books and Papers
Dr. Montgomery has written about 100 research papers and several books. Her most famous book is Hopf algebras and their actions on rings. This book talks about Hopf-Galois theory, which is an area she helped develop. It also introduces quantum group theory, another advanced math topic.
Awards and Recognition
Dr. Montgomery has received many honors for her work. In 1984, she won a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. USC also gave her the Raubenheimer Outstanding Faculty Award in 1987.
She has given important talks at major math conferences.
- In 1984, she spoke at the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Joint Mathematics Meetings.
- In 1995, she gave a talk at a joint meeting of the AMS and Israel Math Union in Jerusalem.
- In 2009, she gave a main lecture at the Canadian Mathematical Society's summer meeting.
She has also given many lectures at universities around the world.
In 1992, Dr. Montgomery was the main speaker at a big conference on Hopf Algebras. Her book from this conference, Hopf Algebras and their Actions on Rings, is often used by other mathematicians. She has written another book and edited five collections of research papers.
Serving the Math Community
Dr. Montgomery has helped guide many important math journals. She was an editor for the Journal of Algebra for over 20 years. She also worked as an editor for the AMS Proceedings and Advances in Mathematics. Today, she is still on the editorial boards for Algebras and Representation Theory and Algebra and Number Theory.
She has been very active in the American Mathematical Society. She served on its Board of Trustees from 1986 to 1996. She also helped with other important committees, like the Council and the Nominating Committee.
In 2013, she was chosen to be a Vice-President of the American Mathematical Society for three years. She was also part of the National Research Council's Board on Mathematical Sciences.
In 2012, she was named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. She also became a Fellow of the AAAS.
