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Jean Pedersen
Jean J. Pedersen (Sep 17, 1934–Jan 1, 2016) was an American mathematician and author particularly known for her works on the mathematics of paper folding. Education and career Pedersen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the daughter of an ophthalmologist and a teacher. She studied home economics changing to a double major in mathematics and physics as an undergraduate at Brigham Young University, before becoming a graduate student in mathematics at the University of Utah under the supervision of E. Allen Davis. After completing her master's degree, she moved to San Jose, California, following her husband who worked for IBM. She joined the faculty at the Santa Clara University on a part-time basis in 1966, but shifted to full-time and was promoted to full professor in 1996. She was the first woman to teach mathematics at the university, and the first to be tenured as a mathematics professor. Her discovery that the platonic solids could be braided from strips of paper led to Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Women Mathematicians
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Santa Clara University Faculty
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University Of Utah Alumni
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Brigham Young University Alumni
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American Women Mathematicians
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Mathematics Popularizers
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21st-century American Mathematicians
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2016 Deaths
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