Carolyn S. Gordon
Carolyn S. Gordon | |
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Gordon in 2016 | |
| Born | December 26, 1950 |
| Alma mater | Purdue University (BS) Washington University in St. Louis (PhD) |
| Known for | Inverse spectral problems, homogeneous spaces |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Dartmouth College |
| Doctoral advisor | Edward Nathan Wilson |
Carolyn S. Gordon (born 1950) is an American mathematician who is the Benjamin Cheney Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College. She is most well known for giving a negative answer to the question "Can you hear the shape of a drum?" in her work with David Webb and Scott A. Wolpert. She is a Chauvenet Prize winner and a 2010 Noether Lecturer.