Idun Reiten

Idun Reiten
Reiten at Oberwolfach[1]
Born1 January 1942 (1942-01) (age 82)
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
AwardsCommander, Order of St. Olav; Nansen Medal for Outstanding Research; Humboldt Research Award
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Trondheim
Thesis Trivial Extensions and Gorenstein Rings  (1971)

Idun Reiten (born 1 January 1942) is a Norwegian professor of mathematics. She is considered to be one of Norway's greatest mathematicians today.[2] With national and international honors and recognition, she has supervised 11 students and has 28 academic descendants as of March 2024. She is an expert in representation theory, and is known for work in tilting theory and Artin algebras.[3]

  1. ^ Schmid, Renate. "Details: Idun Reiten". Oberwolfach Photo Collection. Oberwolfach Research Institute for Mathematics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ Idun Reiten ble Årets Møbius Archived 2005-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, Universitetsavisa (26.9.07)
  3. ^ Auslander, Maurice; Reiten, Idun; Smalø, Sverre O. (1997) [1995], Representation theory of Artin algebras, Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics, vol. 36, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-59923-8, MR 1314422, Zbl 0834.16001