| Date of Birth | 30-May-1927 | |
| Place of Birth |
New York City (New York, United States of America, Area code 917) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Also know as | Joan S. Birman | |
| Profession | Mathematician | |
| Joan Sylvia Lyttle Birman is an American mathematician, specializing in braid theory and knot theory. Her book Braids, Links, and Mapping Class Groups has become a standard introduction, with many of today's researchers having learned the subject through it. Birman is currently Research Professor Emerita at Barnard College, Columbia University, where she has been since 1973. | ||
Awards by Joan Birman |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Joan Birman. | ||
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