Sara Billey
| Sara Billey | |
|---|---|
| Born |
February 6, 1968 Alva, Oklahoma |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Alma mater |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California, San Diego |
| Doctoral advisor |
Adriano Garsia Mark Haiman |
| Notable awards | PECASE |
Sara Cosette Billey (born February 6, 1968, Alva, Oklahoma, USA) is an American mathematician working in algebraic combinatorics. She is known for her contributions on Schubert polynomials, singular loci of Schubert varieties, Kostant polynomials, Kazhdan–Lusztig polynomials often using computer verified proofs. She received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers PECASE award in the year 2000 and is currently a member of the faculty at the University of Washington.
In 2012 she became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[1]
Selected books
- S. Billey and V. Lakshmibai. Singular Loci of Schubert Varieties, Progress in Mathematics, no. 182, Birkhäuser, 2000.
Selected articles
- with Mark Haiman: "Schubert polynomials for the classical groups". J. Amer. Math. Soc. 8 (2): 443–448. 1995. MR 1290232.
- with Gregory S. Warrington: "Maximal singular loci for Schubert varieties in SL(n)/B ". Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 355 (10): 3915–3945. 2003. MR 1990570.
References
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2012-11-10.
External links
- Sara Billey's Home Page
- Sara Billey at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- AWM 2013 Essay Contest Winner writes about Sara Billey
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