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This is a list of women who have made noteworthy contributions to or achievements in mathematics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] These include mathematical research, mathematics education , [ 1 ] : xii the history and philosophy of mathematics, public outreach, and mathematics contests .
2012: The Working Committee for Women in Mathematics, Chinese Mathematical Society (WCWM-CMS) was founded; it is a national non-profit academic organization in which female mathematicians who are engaged in research, teaching, and applications of mathematics can share their scientific research through academic exchanges both in China and abroad ...
Association for Women in Mathematics and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics: Women who have made significant contributions to applied or computational mathematics. United States: AWM–Microsoft Research Prize in Algebra and Number Theory: Association for Women in Mathematics: Young female researcher in algebra or number theory ...
Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD's is a book on women in mathematics.It was written by Judy Green and Jeanne LaDuke, based on a long study beginning in 1978, [1] and was published in 2009 by the American Mathematical Society and London Mathematical Society as volume 34 in their joint History of Mathematics series.
The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) was founded. It is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences, and to promote equal opportunity for and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences.
Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer".Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.
This book is a collection of biographies of 27 women mathematicians, [1] and brief sketches of the lives of many others. [2] It is similar to previous works including Osen's Women in Mathematics (1974), Perl's Math Equals (1978), Henrion's Women in Mathematics (1997), Murray's Women Becoming Mathematicians (2000), Complexities: Women in Mathematics (2005), Green and LaDuke's Pioneering Women ...
Fellows of the Association for Women in Mathematics (104 P) B. Women bioinformaticians (12 P) C. Women cryptographers (3 C, 7 P) S. Women statisticians (8 C, 190 P) W.