Bhama Srinivasan
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Bhama Srinivasan is a mathematician known for her work in the representation theory of finite groups
. Her contributions were honored with the 1990 Noether Lecture
. She served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics
from 1981 to 1983. She earned her Ph.D. in 1960 with her dissertation Problems on Modular Representations of Finite Groups under J. A. Green at the University of Manchester
. She currently is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago
. She has had five doctoral students. She has co-authored a number of papers with Paul Fong in modular representation theory
and Deligne–Lusztig theory
.
Representation theory of finite groups
In mathematics, representation theory is a technique for analyzing abstract groups in terms of groups of linear transformations. See the article on group representations for an introduction...
. Her contributions were honored with the 1990 Noether Lecture
Noether Lecture
The Association for Women in Mathematics annually presents the Noether Lectures to honor women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences. These one-hour expository lectures are presented at the Joint Mathematics Meetings each January...
. She served as President of the Association for Women in Mathematics
Association for Women in Mathematics
The Association for Women in Mathematics is a professional society whose mission is to encourage women and girls to study and to have active careers in the mathematical sciences. Equal opportunity and the equal treatment of women and girls in the mathematical sciences are promoted. The AWM was...
from 1981 to 1983. She earned her Ph.D. in 1960 with her dissertation Problems on Modular Representations of Finite Groups under J. A. Green at the University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The University of Manchester is a public research university located in Manchester, United Kingdom. It is a "red brick" university and a member of the Russell Group of research-intensive British universities and the N8 Group...
. She currently is a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
. She has had five doctoral students. She has co-authored a number of papers with Paul Fong in modular representation theory
Modular representation theory
Modular representation theory is a branch of mathematics, and that part of representation theory that studies linear representations of finite group G over a field K of positive characteristic...
and Deligne–Lusztig theory
Deligne–Lusztig theory
In mathematics, Deligne–Lusztig theory is a way of constructing linear representations of finite groups of Lie type using ℓ-adic cohomology with compact support, introduced by ....
.