Ietje Paalman-de Miranda
Ietje Paalman-de Miranda | |
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| Born | Aïda Beatrijs de Miranda Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
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| Known for | first female full professor of mathematics in Amsterdam |
Aïda Beatrijs “Ietje” Paalman-de Miranda (20 February 1936 – 11 May 2020) was a
She was born in
Research
Paalman's research was foremost in topology and set theory. She was the PhD advisor of three students, co-advised by Jan van Mill.[3] She published a book (Topological semigroups - Mathematical Centre Tracts, 1964, Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam) and 11 research papers about W-groups, topological representations of semi-groups and about compact groups.[4] Paalman was also the author of numerous lecture notes for the courses she taught at the Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics at the University of Amsterdam.
Personal
She married Dolf Paalman (chief pharmacist). They had two children and three grand children.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Album Academicum - Prof. dr. A.B. Paalman - de Miranda, 1936 -". University of Amsterdam (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 3 June 2020.
- ^ a b Margriet van der Heijden (20 May 2020). "Ze hield zielsveel van zuivere wiskunde". NRC (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Aida Paalman-de Miranda", The Mathematics Genealogy Project, retrieved 2021-01-27
- ^ Scott W. Williams (thanks to Jan Aarts), "Aida Paalman", Mathematicians of the African Diaspora - Black women in Mathematics, retrieved 2021-01-27
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