Ruth Lawrence
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This article is about the mathematician. For the swimmer, see Ruth Lawrence (swimmer).
Ruth Elke Lawrence-Neimark (Hebrew: רות אלקה לורנס-נאימרק, born 2 August 1971) is a British–Israeli mathematician and a professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a researcher in knot theory and algebraic topology. In the public eye, she is best known for having been a child prodigy in mathematics.
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Born | (1971-08-02) 2 August 1971 (age 52) Brighton, England |
Alma mater | University of Oxford (MA, DPhil) |
Known for | Being a child prodigy Lawrence–Krammer representation |
Awards | Fellow of the American Mathematical Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Topology, knot theory |
Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem University of Michigan |
Thesis | Homology representations of braid groups (1989) |
Doctoral advisor | Michael Atiyah |
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