In the history of mathematics, Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Nadia Magnenat Thalmann as computer scientist.
Nadia Magnenat Thalmann was born at Lausanne in 1946. Her recorded nationality is Switzerland. She studied at University of Geneva and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
Her academic posts were held at Laval University, University of Geneva and Université de Montréal.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
That the work was done from Switzerland matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Achievements
- Held posts at Laval University, University of Geneva and Université de Montréal
