Summary
Estelle Lucille Basor (born 1947)[1] is an American mathematician interested in operator theory and the theory of random matrices. She is professor emeritus of mathematics at the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly),[2] and deputy director of the American Institute of Mathematics.[3]
Estelle Basor | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 |
| Nationality | American |
| Title | Professor emeritus |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Thesis | Asymptotic Formulas for Toeplitz Determinants (1975) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Widom |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Institutions | California Polytechnic State University American Institute of Mathematics |
| Main interests | Operator theory Random matrices |
Education and career edit
Basor earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1969, and completed a Ph.D. there in 1975.[3] Her dissertation, supervised by Harold Widom, was Asymptotic Formulas for Toeplitz Determinants.[4]
She joined the Cal Poly faculty in 1976, and taught there until retiring in 2008.[3][2]
She served as an American Mathematical Society Council member at large from 2011 to 2013.[5]
Recognition edit
At Cal Poly, she was the 2005 winner of the Distinguished Research, Creative Activity and Professional Development Award, and a colloquium in her honor was held in 2006.[6] She was elected to the 2018 class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society.[7]
Personal life edit
Basor's husband,[8] Kent E. Morrison, is also a mathematician who went to school with her at Santa Cruz, worked with her at Cal Poly, and is now associated with the American Institute of Mathematics.[9]
References edit
- ^ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2018-12-01.
- ^ a b Faculty and staff directory, Cal Poly Mathematics Department
- ^ a b c Curriculum vitae (PDF), retrieved 2017-11-04
- ^ Estelle Basor at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "AMS Committees". American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
- ^ "Colloquium to honor Estelle Basor and Rami Shani", Cal Poly Report, April 19, 2006
- ^ 2018 Class of the Fellows of the AMS, American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2017-11-03
- ^ "Birth announcements", Santa Cruz Sentinel, February 4, 1975,
Jan. 24 at 4:03 a m. to Mr. and Mrs Kent Evans Morrison (Estelle Lucille Basor) ... girl, Sally Ann
- ^ Kent E. Morrison, American Institute of Mathematics, retrieved 2017-11-03
External links edit
- Home page
- Estelle Basor publications indexed by Google Scholar