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Antonella Zanna Munthe-Kaas is an Italian applied mathematician and
numerical analyst Numerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation (as opposed to symbolic manipulations) for the problems of mathematical analysis (as distinguished from discrete mathematics). It is the study of numerical methods ...
whose research includes work on
numerical integration In analysis, numerical integration comprises a broad family of algorithms for calculating the numerical value of a definite integral, and by extension, the term is also sometimes used to describe the numerical solution of differential equations ...
of
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s and applications to
medical imaging Medical imaging is the technique and process of imaging the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention, as well as visual representation of the function of some organs or tissues (physiology). Medical imaging seeks to rev ...
. She is a professor and head of the mathematics department at the University of Bergen in Norway.


Education

Zanna was born in
Molfetta Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy. It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect. History The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at ...
, in southern Italy, and earned a degree in mathematics from the University of Bari. She completed her PhD in the
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
at the
University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...
in 1998. Her dissertation, ''Numerical Solution of Isospectral Flows'', was supervised by
Arieh Iserles Arieh Iserles (born 2 September 1947) is a computational mathematician, currently Professor of the Numerical Analysis of Differential Equations at the University of Cambridge and a member of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretica ...
.


Recognition

Zanna won the Second Prize in the
Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis The Leslie Fox Prize for Numerical Analysis of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) is a biennial prize established in 1985 by the IMA in honour of mathematician Leslie Fox (1918-1992). The prize honours "young numerical analyst ...
in 1997. She is a member of the
Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences ( no, Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi, NTVA) is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway. Founded in 1955, the academy has about 500 members. It is a member of the International Council of Aca ...
.


Personal life

Zanna married to Norwegian mathematician Hans Munthe-Kaas in 1997; they have two children and a dog.


References


Further reading

* (newspaper story about late Christmas shopping with Zanna and her sister)


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zanna, Antonella Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Molfetta Italian mathematicians Italian women mathematicians Norwegian mathematicians Norwegian women mathematicians Numerical analysts University of Bari alumni Alumni of the University of Cambridge Academic staff of the University of Bergen Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences