Ana Cannas da Silva belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Ana Cannas da Silva as Portuguese mathematician.
Ana Cannas da Silva was born at Lisbon in 1968. Her recorded nationality is Portugal. She studied at University of Lisbon and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Modern mathematics is collaborative and increasingly computational; proofs can now run to thousands of pages or depend on machine verification.
Her academic posts were held at Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley and University of Lisbon.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
That the work was done from Portugal matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Ana Cannas da Silva is still working, and the final assessment of the contribution has not been made.
Achievements
- Held posts at Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley and University of Lisbon
