Joan Birman

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Mathematics Columbia University, New York, NY 
Area:
Braid theory, Knot theory
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http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Birman.html

Parents

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Wilhelm Magnus grad student 1968 NYU
 (Braid Groups and Their Relationship to Mapping Class Groups)

Children

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Jozef H. Przytycki grad student 1981 Columbia
Efstratia Kalfagianni grad student 1995
Clement R. Popescu grad student 2001 Columbia
Matthew G. Zinno grad student 2001 Columbia
Tara E. Brendle grad student 2002 Columbia
Nancy C. Wrinkle grad student 2002 Columbia
Nathan D. Broaddus grad student 2003 Columbia
Keiko Kawamuro grad student 2006 Columbia
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Birman J, Broaddus N, Menasco W. (2015) Finite rigid sets and homologically nontrivial spheres in the curve complex of a surface Journal of Topology and Analysis. 7: 47-71
Birman J, Brinkmann P, Kawamuro K. (2012) Polynomial invariants of Pseudo-Anosov maps Journal of Topology and Analysis. 4: 13-47
Subag EM, Baruch EM, Birman JL, et al. (2012) Strong contraction of the representations of the three-dimensional Lie algebras Journal of Physics a: Mathematical and Theoretical. 45
Subag EM, Baruch EM, Birman JL, et al. (2012) A definition of contraction of Lie algebra representations using direct limit Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 343
Birman J, Kofman I. (2009) A new twist on Lorenz links Journal of Topology. 2: 227-248
Birman JS, Brendle TE. (2005) Braids: A Survey Handbook of Knot Theory. 19-103
Birman JS, Moody JA. (2004) Obstructions to trivializing a knot Israel Journal of Mathematics. 142: 125-162
Birman JS, Wrinkle NC. (2001) On transversally simple knots Journal of Differential Geometry. 55: 325-354
Birman JS, Wrinkle NC. (2000) Holonomic and Legendrian parametrizations of knots Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 9: 293-309
Birman J, Ko KH, Lee SJ. (1998) A New Approach to the Word and Conjugacy Problems in the Braid Groups Advances in Mathematics. 139: 322-353
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