Georgia Benkart: American mathematician
Georgia McClure Benkart (December 30, 1947 – April 29, 2022) was an American mathematician.
She was known for her work in the structure and representation theory of Lie algebras and related algebraic structures. She published over 130 journal articles.
Georgia Benkart | |
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| Born | Georgia McClure Benkart December 30, 1947 Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | April 29, 2022 (aged 74) Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ohio State University (BS) Yale University (PhD) |
| Known for | Classification of simple modular Lie algebras |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Lie algebras, Representation Theory, Combinatorics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Doctoral advisor | Nathan Jacobson |
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