Hinke Maria Osinga (born 25 December 1969) is a Dutch mathematician and an expert in

dynamical system In mathematics, a dynamical system is a system in which a Function (mathematics), function describes the time dependence of a Point (geometry), point in an ambient space. Examples include the mathematical models that describe the swinging of a ...

s. She works as a professor of

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at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

in New Zealand.. As well as for her research, she is known as a creator of

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Education and career

Osinga earned a master's degree in 1991 and a Ph.D. in 1996 from the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; nl, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen in ...

. Her doctoral dissertation, jointly supervised by

s theorist

Henk Broer Hendrik Wolter (Henk) Broer (born 18 February 1950, Diever) is a Dutch mathematician known for contributions to the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems. He was professor at the University of Groningen between 1981 and 2015. Biography Broe ...

and computational geometer Gert Vegter, was on the computation of

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s. After postdoctoral studies at

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and the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

, and a short-term lecturership at the

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a public university , public research university in Exeter, Devon, England, United Kingdom. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of Min ...

, she became a lecturer at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

in 2001, and was promoted to reader and professor there in 2005 and 2011, respectively. She moved to Auckland in 2011, becoming the first female mathematics professor at Auckland and the second in New Zealand.

Mathematical art

In 2004 Osinga created a

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ed visualization of the Lorenz manifold, an invariant manifold for the

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, and published the crochet pattern for her work with her husband Bernd Krauskopf; the resulting mathematical textile artwork involved over 25,000 crochet stitches, and measured nearly a meter across. Osinga and Krauskopf later collaborated with artist Benjamin Storch on a stainless steel sculpture that provides another interpretation of the same mathematical system.

Awards and honours

Osinga was an

invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians This is a list of International Congresses of Mathematicians Plenary and Invited Speakers. Being invited to talk at an International Congress of Mathematicians has been called "the equivalent, in this community, of an induction to a hall of fame." ...

in 2014, speaking on "Mathematics in Science and Technology". In 2015 she was elected as a

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of the

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"for contributions to theory and computational methods for dynamical systems." In October 2016 she became the first female mathematician elected to the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 2017 Osinga was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "

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", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand. The same year she received the Moyal Medal from Macquarie University.

Selected publications

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osinga, Hinke 1969 births Living people Dutch women mathematicians New Zealand women mathematicians University of Groningen alumni Academic staff of the University of Auckland Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Mathematical artists Dutch women artists Dynamical systems theorists People from Dokkum Dutch emigrants to New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand mathematicians Academics of the University of Exeter Academics of the University of Bristol