Stensønes at Oberwolfach, 2018

Berit Stensønes (19 February 1956 – 5 June 2022)[1][2] was a Norwegian mathematician specializing in complex analysis and complex dynamics and known for her work on several complex variables.[3] She was a professor of mathematical sciences at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU),[4] and a professor emerita at the University of Michigan.[5]

Education

Stensønes completed her Ph.D. in 1985 at Princeton University. Her dissertation, Envelopes of Holomorphy, was supervised by John Erik Fornæss.[6]

Book

With John Erik Fornæss, Stensønes was an author of the book Lectures on Counterexamples in Several Complex Variables (AMS Chelsea Publishing, American Mathematical Society, 1987; reprinted 2007).[7]

Recognition

Stensønes was a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Berit Stensønes (in Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Birth year from WorldCat identities, accessed 2020-03-23
  3. ↑ Complex numbers make the world bigger, Center for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
  4. ↑ "Berit Stensønes", Employee profile, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, retrieved 2020-03-23
  5. ↑ "Berit Stensones", Emeritus faculty, University of Michigan Mathematics, retrieved 2020-03-23
  6. ↑ Berit Stensønes at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  7. ↑ Reviews of Lectures on Counterexamples in Several Complex Variables:
    • Reiffen, H.-J., zbMATH, Zbl 0626.32001{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Ehrig, Gertraud, zbMATH, Zbl 1126.32001{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Cufí, Julià (1988), Mathematical Reviews, MR 0895821{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Rosay, Jean-Pierre (1989), American Mathematical Society, New Series, 20 (2): 193–196, doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1989-15760-1, MR 1567748{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  8. ↑ Gruppe I: Matmatikk, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters, retrieved 2020-03-23
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