Biography:Karl Mahlburg
Karl Mahlburg | |
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 Karl Mahlburg and Kathrin Bringmann at Oberwolfach (2009) | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvey Mudd College University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Louisiana State University |
| Doctoral advisor | Ken Ono |
Karl Mahlburg is an American mathematician whose research interests lie in the areas of modular forms, partitions, combinatorics and number theory. He is the author of over 40 peer-reviewed journal articles.[1] Mahlburg received his PhD in 2006 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Between 2011 and 2021 he was an assistant professor and an associate professor of mathematics at Louisiana State University.[2]
Work
Mahlburg's paper Partition Congruences and the Andrews-Garvan-Dyson Crank, published in 2005 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), was deemed an important advance in the theory of integer partitions. In the paper, Mahlburg proved a conjecture made earlier by Ken Ono regarding a family of congruences satisfied by a mathematical function known as the crank, extending a line of results dating back to the work of Srinivasa Ramanujan on partition congruences.[3] A commentary on Mahlburg's paper, written by George Andrews and Ken Ono and published concurrently with the paper, states: "The achievement of Karl Mahlburg in this issue of PNAS adds a lustrous chapter to a unique mathematical object: the crank. [...] The story of the crank is a long romantic tale, one that [...] has now reached a satisfying and unexpected conclusion with the work of Mahlburg."[4] Mahlburg's paper received the PNAS Paper of the Year prize, being selected from among 3,000 papers published in the journal in 2005.[5]
References
- ↑ "Karl Mahlburg - Publications". https://www.math.lsu.edu/~mahlburg/.
- ↑ "Karl Mahlburg - Curriculum Vitae". https://www.math.lsu.edu/~mahlburg/cv.html.
- ↑ Mahlburg, Karl (October 25, 2005). "Partition Congruences and the Andrews-Garvan-Dyson Crank". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102 (43): 15373-15376. doi:10.1073/pnas.0506702102. PMC 1266116. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0506702102. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ↑ Andrews, George; Ono, Ken (October 25, 2005). "Ramanujan's congruences and Dyson's crank". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 102 (43): 15277. doi:10.1073/pnas.0507844102. PMC 1266147. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0507844102. Retrieved October 21, 2023.
- ↑ "PNAS Announcement - 2005 Cozzarelli Prize recipient". May 1, 2006. https://www.pnas.org/post/update/2005-cozzarelli-prize-recipient.
External links
- Mahlburg makes math history
- Article from PhysOrg.com
- Mathematician untangles legendary problem
- Classic maths puzzle cracked at last. New Scientist, March 21, 2005
- Karl Mahlburg at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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