L. Christine Kinsey

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Laura Christine Kinsey is an American mathematician specializing in topology. She is a professor of mathematics at Canisius College. [1]

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Education

Kinsey graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1975 with honors in mathematics. [2] She returned to the University of Maryland, College Park for graduate study, completing a Ph.D. there in 1984. Her dissertation, Pseudoisotopies and Submersions of a Compact Manifold to the Circle, was jointly supervised by Henry C. King and Walter Neumann. [3]

Books

Kinsey is the author of mathematics textbooks that include:

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References

  1. "L. Christine Kinsey", Directory, Canisius College, 9 November 2016, retrieved 2020-02-22CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. Program: 175th Commencement, University of Maryland, College Park, 1975, pp. 27–28
  3. L. Christine Kinsey at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. Reviews of Topology of Surfaces:
    • Vrabec, Jože, Mathematical Reviews, MR   1240053 CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Repovš, D., zbMATH, Zbl   0794.54001 CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  5. Reviews of Symmetry, Shape, and Space:
  6. "Mathematics & Physics round-up", Times Higher Education, May 26, 2011