World Women in Mathematics 2018
Proceedings of the First World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)²
Editors: Araujo, C., Benkart, G., Praeger, C., Tanbay, B. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Contains articles considering the historical context of the gender gap in mathematics
- Records the historic first World Meeting for Women in Mathematics
- Includes an analysis of women lecturers in the ICM since its inception
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The first World Meeting for Women in Mathematics - (WM)² - was a satellite event of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2018 in Rio de Janeiro. With a focus on Latin America, the first (WM)² brought together mathematicians from all over the world to celebrate women mathematicians, and also to reflect on gender issues in mathematics, challenges, initiatives, and perspectives for the future. Its activities were complemented by a panel discussion organized by the Committee for Women in Mathematics (CWM) of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) inside the ICM 2018 entitled "The gender gap in mathematical and natural sciences from a historical perspective”.
This historical proceedings book, organized by CWM in coordination with the Association for Women in Mathematics, records the first (WM)² and the CWM panel discussion at ICM 2018. The first part of the volume includes a report of activities with pictures of the first (WM)² and a tribute to Maryam Mirzakhani, the first woman to be awarded the Fields medal. It also comprises survey research papers from invited lecturers, which provide panoramic views of different fields in pure and applied mathematics. The second part of the book contains articles from the panelists of the CWM panel discussion, which consider the historical context of the gender gap in mathematics. It includes an analysis of women lecturers in the ICM since its inception.This book is dedicated to the memory of Maryam Mirzakhani.
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- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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A Survey of Semidefinite Programming Approaches to the Generalized Problem of Moments and Their Error Analysis
Pages 17-56
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Algebra and Geometry in the Study of Enzymatic Cascades
Pages 57-81
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Metastability: A Brief Introduction Through Three Examples
Pages 83-102
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How Mathematics Is Changing the World
Pages 103-107
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A Data Analysis of Women’s Trails Among ICM Speakers
Pages 111-128
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- World Women in Mathematics 2018
- Book Subtitle
- Proceedings of the First World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)²
- Editors
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- Carolina Araujo
- Georgia Benkart
- Cheryl Praeger
- Betül Tanbay
- Series Title
- Association for Women in Mathematics Series
- Series Volume
- 20
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- The Association for Women in Mathematics and the Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-21170-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-21170-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-21169-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-21172-1
- Series ISSN
- 2364-5733
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 156
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
- Topics