Gabriel Paternain
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Gabriel Pedro Paternain is a Uruguay
an mathematician
. He is currently a professor in geometry
and dynamics
in DPMMS at the University of Cambridge
, and a teaching fellow at Trinity College
. He obtained his Licenciatura
from Universidad de la Republica
in Uruguay in 1987, and his PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook
in 1991. He is currently lecturing the Part IA (undergraduate) course entitled Analysis
I, and in 2008-09 lectured another IA course on groups
. He has gained widespread popularity due to his entertaining and informal lecturing style, which has been recognised by the university in the past for its high calibre. As of 2009, he serves as managing editor of the mathematical journal Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
.
In his spare time he partakes in a wide variety of sports, notably football and rowing.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He is currently a professor in geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
and dynamics
Dynamics (mechanics)
In the field of physics, the study of the causes of motion and changes in motion is dynamics. In other words the study of forces and why objects are in motion. Dynamics includes the study of the effect of torques on motion...
in DPMMS at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and a teaching fellow at Trinity College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
. He obtained his Licenciatura
Licentiate
Licentiate is the title of a person who holds an academic degree called a licence. The term may derive from the Latin licentia docendi, meaning permission to teach. The term may also derive from the Latin licentia ad practicandum, which signified someone who held a certificate of competence to...
from Universidad de la Republica
University of the Republic, Uruguay
The University of the Republic is Uruguay's public university. It is the most important and country's largest university, with a student body of more than 80,000 students. It was founded on July 18, 1849 in Montevideo, where most of its buildings and facilities are still located. Its current...
in Uruguay in 1987, and his PhD from the State University of New York at Stony Brook
State University of New York at Stony Brook
The State University of New York at Stony Brook, also known as Stony Brook University, is a public research university located in Stony Brook, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island, about east of Manhattan....
in 1991. He is currently lecturing the Part IA (undergraduate) course entitled Analysis
Mathematical analysis
Mathematical analysis, which mathematicians refer to simply as analysis, has its beginnings in the rigorous formulation of infinitesimal calculus. It is a branch of pure mathematics that includes the theories of differentiation, integration and measure, limits, infinite series, and analytic functions...
I, and in 2008-09 lectured another IA course on groups
Group (mathematics)
In mathematics, a group is an algebraic structure consisting of a set together with an operation that combines any two of its elements to form a third element. To qualify as a group, the set and the operation must satisfy a few conditions called group axioms, namely closure, associativity, identity...
. He has gained widespread popularity due to his entertaining and informal lecturing style, which has been recognised by the university in the past for its high calibre. As of 2009, he serves as managing editor of the mathematical journal Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society is a mathematical journal published by Cambridge University Press. It aims to publish original research papers from a wide range of pure and applied mathematics. The journal, formerly entitled Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical...
.
In his spare time he partakes in a wide variety of sports, notably football and rowing.
External links
- http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/~gpp24/