From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Noriko Yui
Noriko Yui
Noriko Yui nected to string theory and on at least one occasion, Yau
himself.[3]
Residence Canada
Nationality Japanese-Canadian
References
Fields Mathematics
[1] "Noriko Yui at the Mathematics Genealogy
Institutions Queen’s University Project". 2008.
http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/
Alma mater Tsuda College
Rutgers University
id.php?id=5809. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
[2] "Noriko Yui’s Profile". 2008.
Doctoral advisor Richard Bumby http://www.mast.queensu.ca/people/profiles/
yui.php. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
Noriko Yui is a professor of mathematics at Queen’s [3] Mirror symmetry 5 By Noriko Yui, Shing-Tung Yau
University in Kingston, Ontario.
External links
Career • Notable books co-authored by Yui
A native of Japan, Yui obtained her B.S. from Tsuda Col-
Persondata
lege, and her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Rutgers Univer-
sity in 1974 (her advisor was Richard Bumby, and her the- Name Yui, Noriko
sis was titled Elliptic Curves and Formal Groups).[1] Alternative names
Well known internationally, Yui was a visiting re- Short description Canadian mathematician
searcher at the Max-Planck-Institute in Bonn and a bye-
Date of birth
fellow at Newnham College, University of Cambridge. Her
research in Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical Place of birth
Physics includes topics such as the inverse Galois prob- Date of death
lem, Calabi–Yau threefolds and mirror symmetry.[2] She Place of death
has collaborated with numerous mathematicians con-
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