Erica Gail Klarreich is an American
mathematician,
journalist and
science popularizer.
Early life and education
Klarreich's father was a professor of mathematics, and her mother was a mathematics teacher.
Klarreich obtained her Ph.D. in mathematics under the guidance of
Yair Nathan Minsky at
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...
in 1997.
Mathematics
As a mathematician, Klarreich proved that the boundary of the
curve complex In mathematics, the curve complex is a simplicial complex ''C''(''S'') associated to a finite-type surface ''S'', which encodes the combinatorics of simple closed curves on ''S''. The curve complex turned out to be a fundamental tool in the stu ...
is
homeomorphic
In the mathematical field of topology, a homeomorphism, topological isomorphism, or bicontinuous function is a bijective and continuous function between topological spaces that has a continuous inverse function. Homeomorphisms are the isomorphi ...
to the space of ending
laminations
Lamination is the technique/process of manufacturing a Raw material, material in multiple layers, so that the composite material achieves improved strength of materials, strength, stability, sound insulation, visual appearance, appearance, or ...
.
Popular science writing
As a popular science writer, Klarreich's work has appeared in publications such as ''
Nature'', ''
Scientific American'', ''
New Scientist'', and ''
Quanta Magazine
''Quanta Magazine'' is an editorially independent online publication of the Simons Foundation covering developments in physics, mathematics, biology and computer science.
''Undark Magazine'' described ''Quanta Magazine'' as "highly regarded for ...
''. She is one of the winners of the 2021
Joint Policy Board for Mathematics
The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (JPBM) consists of the American Mathematical Society, the American Statistical Association, the Mathematical Association of America, and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
The Board has near ...
Communications Award for her popular science writing.
Selected publications
Mathematics
* "The boundary at infinity of the curve complex and the relative
Teichmüller space"
* "Semiconjugacies between Kleinian group actions on the
Riemann sphere"
Popular science
*
Biologists join the dots, ''
Nature'', v. 413, n. 6855, pp. 450–452, 2001.
*
Foams and honeycombs, ''
American Scientist
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''American Scientist'' (informally abbreviated ''AmSci'') is an American bimonthly science and technology magazine published since 1913 by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. In the beginning of 2000s the headquarters was in New ...
'', v. 88, n. 2, pp. 152–161, 2000.
*
Quantum cryptography: Can you keep a secret?, ''Nature'', v. 418, n. 6895, pp. 270–272, 2002.
*
Huygens's clocks revisited, ''American Scientist'', v. 90, pp. 322–323, 2002.
References
External links
Klarreich's personal page
Living people
Geometers
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
American women mathematicians
Stony Brook University alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Science communicators
Quantum cryptography
Mathematical chemistry
20th-century women mathematicians
21st-century women mathematicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women
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