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Math Spouse Sunday #5

 I love it when a mathematician is married to a mathematician. Here are 2 you might not know:

John Milnor Dusa McDuff
  • Born: February 20, 1931 in Orange, New Jersey.
  • PhD from Princeton University.
  • Known for differential topology, K-theory, and dynamical systems.
  • Currently works as a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University.
  • One of 5 mathematicians to have won the Fields Medal (1962), Wolf Prize (1989), and Abel Prize (2011) for his work.
  • He is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).
  • Born: October 18, 1945 in London, England
  • Doctorate from Girton College, Cambridge.
  • Known for symplectic geometry.
  • Currently is the Helen Lyttle Kimmel chair at Barnard College.
  • She was the first to be awarded the Satter Prize in 1991.
  • She is a Fellow of the Royal Society (1994) and American Mathematical Society (2012).
  • She was a Noether Lecturer.
  • Awarded the Sylvester Medal (2018).
Married in 1984
Source: Wikipedia

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