Karen Uhlenbeck

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Karen_Uhlenbeck
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:Abel_Prize_citation for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysis, geometry and mathematical physics
gptkbp:Abel_Prize_year 2019
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:New_York_University
gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Abel_Prize
gptkb:MacArthur_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:AMS_Leroy_P._Steele_Prize
gptkb:Steel_Prize_for_Seminal_Contribution_to_Research
gptkb:Noether_Lecture
gptkbp:birthDate 1942-08-24
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cleveland,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Richard_Palais
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkbp:field gptkb:gauge_theory
gptkb:mathematics
differential geometry
mathematical physics
geometric analysis
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Karen Uhlenbeck
gptkbp:influenced mathematical physics
geometric analysis
women in mathematics
gptkbp:inspiredBy women mathematicians
gptkbp:knownFor work on gauge theory
work on integrable systems
work on minimal surfaces
work on nonlinear partial differential equations
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Mathematical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Mark_Stern
gptkb:Sun-Yung_Alice_Chang
gptkb:Tomasz_Mrowka
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:The_Calculus_of_Variations_and_Global_Analysis
Connections with L^p bounds on curvature
Harmonic maps into Lie groups (with Jonathan Sacks)
Removable singularities in Yang-Mills fields
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Olaf_Uhlenbeck
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4