745:
785:
790:
780:
775:
750:
557:
Invited talk at the
Conference in Honour of the 90th Birthday of Freeman Dyson, Institute of Advanced Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 26–29 August 2013.
183:
Ruskai was an organizer of international conferences, especially those with an interdisciplinary focus. Of particular note was her organization of the first US conference on
27:
653:
795:
770:
765:
175:
theory) relies". In 1981 she gave the first proof that an atom can have only a maximum number of electrons bound to it regardless of the charge of its nucleus.
128:
22:(February 26, 1944 – September 27, 2023) was an American mathematical physicist and professor of mathematics with interest in mathematical problems in
740:
155:
in her hometown of
Cleveland, Ohio. Its predecessor, the Case Institute of Technology did not admit women until after she received her B.S. in 1965.
124:
461:
168:
760:
204:
39:
63:
85:
755:
140:
152:
148:
93:
381:
144:
31:
50:
Ruskai was the daughter of
Michael J. Ruskai and Evelyn M. Ruskai (née Gortz). She had three sisters. She graduated from
214:
Throughout her career, Ruskai was an advocate for women in mathematics and published 15 articles on gender and science.
88:, where she was on the faculty from 1977 until she took early retirement in 2002. From 2003 to 2013 she was based at
630:
84:
at the
Institut de Physique Theorique in Geneva Switzerland from 1969 to 1971. She spent most of her career at the
35:
618:
171:, which was described in 2005 as "the key result on which virtually every nontrivial quantum coding theorem (in
68:
200:
678:
700:
242:
195:. Ruskai considered this one of her most important achievements. She was also an organizer of conferences in
412:
116:
97:
641:
735:
730:
582:
512:
120:
112:
81:
58:
in 1965 with a BS in chemistry. She simultaneously received her M.A. in mathematics and her Ph.D. in
196:
172:
333:
502:
59:
51:
490:
188:
590:
520:
301:
208:
89:
218:
164:
163:
Ruskai's research focused on mathematics applicable to quantum mechanics. In 1972 she and
55:
23:
607:
586:
516:
357:
570:
724:
136:
151:
in
Waterloo, Canada. In 1995 she was the Flora Stone Mather Visiting Professor at
306:
289:
539:
524:
320:
261:
108:
507:
437:
594:
184:
746:
University of
Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
686:
786:
Fellows of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science
246:
416:
132:
104:
654:"A Few Bad Guys in the Lab Can Cause Women a Lot of Harm"
92:, from 2011 to 2016 she was an associate member of the
642:
Thematic
Program on Mathematics in Quantum Information
571:"Absence of discrete spectrum in highly negative ions"
541:
321:
List of
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
262:"Biographies of Candidates 1997: Mary Beth Ruskai"
290:"AAAS Members Rewarded for Distinguished Efforts"
217:Based on a bequest from the estate of Ruskai the
96:, and from 2016 to 2023 Adjunct Professor at the
225:to support awardees in their scientific career.
103:Her visiting positions included appointments at
701:"The Mary Beth Ruskai Research Fund for Women"
491:"A New Inequality for the von Neumann Entropy"
438:"Mary Beth Ruskai: N-representability problem"
8:
791:Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
223:The Mary Beth Ruskai Research Fund for Women
80:She was the Battelle postdoctoral fellow in
123:, the Bunting Institute (later renamed the
781:21st-century American women mathematicians
776:20th-century American women mathematicians
751:University of Massachusetts Lowell faculty
238:, Greenwood Press, 1998, pp. 200–204.
203:, as well as a series of workshops at the
129:Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
506:
305:
199:, including the Fall 2010 program at the
796:Fellows of the American Physical Society
125:Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies
281:
169:Strong Subadditivity of Quantum Entropy
575:Communications in Mathematical Physics
495:Communications in Mathematical Physics
489:Linden, Noah; Winter, Andreas (2005).
66:in 1969. Her PhD thesis was about the
234:Charlene Morrow and Teri Peri (eds),
7:
771:21st-century American mathematicians
766:20th-century American mathematicians
619:Six Questions With: Mary-Beth Ruskai
406:
404:
402:
205:Banff International Research Station
86:University of Massachusetts Lowell
14:
741:Notre Dame College (Ohio) alumni
153:Case Western Reserve University
149:Institute for Quantum Computing
94:Institute for Quantum Computing
64:University of Wisconsin–Madison
16:American mathematical physicist
145:Dublin Institute of Technology
1:
761:University of Vermont faculty
275:(8): 964–965. September 1997.
141:Technische Universität Berlin
307:10.1126/science.258.5083.823
236:Notable Women in Mathematics
679:"Gender, Women and Science"
358:"2022 Class of AWM Fellows"
812:
631:Quantum Information Theory
569:Ruskai, Mary Beth (1982).
197:Quantum Information Theory
69:N-Representability Problem
26:. She was a Fellow of the
525:10.1007/s00220-005-1361-2
756:Tufts University faculty
608:Ten Lectures on Wavelets
382:"Evelyn Ruskai Obituary"
300:: 824. 30 October 1992.
201:Mittag-Leffler Institute
193:Ten Lectures on Wavelets
323:, retrieved 2014-06-07.
117:Rockefeller University
98:University of Vermont
621:retrieved 2014-09-20
334:"APS Fellow Archive"
221:established in 2024
121:University of Vienna
113:University of Oregon
82:mathematical physics
587:1982CMaPh..82..457R
538:Ruskai, Mary Beth.
517:2005CMaPh.259..129L
243:"Personal Homepage"
173:quantum information
595:10.1007/BF01961235
548:. World Scientific
462:"CURRICULUM VITAE"
413:"Curriculum vitae"
269:Notices of the AMS
60:physical chemistry
52:Notre Dame College
189:Ingrid Daubechies
187:theory, at which
803:
715:
714:
712:
711:
705:edgeforwomen.org
697:
691:
690:
685:. Archived from
675:
669:
668:
666:
665:
650:
644:
639:
633:
628:
622:
616:
610:
605:
599:
598:
566:
560:
559:
554:
553:
535:
529:
528:
510:
508:quant-ph/0406162
486:
480:
479:
477:
476:
466:
458:
452:
451:
449:
448:
434:
428:
427:
425:
424:
415:. Archived from
408:
397:
396:
394:
393:
386:The Plain Dealer
378:
372:
371:
369:
368:
354:
348:
347:
345:
344:
330:
324:
318:
312:
311:
309:
286:
276:
266:
257:
255:
254:
245:. Archived from
209:Fields Institute
179:Other activities
90:Tufts University
20:Mary Beth Ruskai
811:
810:
806:
805:
804:
802:
801:
800:
721:
720:
719:
718:
709:
707:
699:
698:
694:
677:
676:
672:
663:
661:
652:
651:
647:
640:
636:
629:
625:
617:
613:
606:
602:
568:
567:
563:
551:
549:
537:
536:
532:
488:
487:
483:
474:
472:
464:
460:
459:
455:
446:
444:
436:
435:
431:
422:
420:
410:
409:
400:
391:
389:
380:
379:
375:
366:
364:
356:
355:
351:
342:
340:
332:
331:
327:
319:
315:
288:
287:
283:
264:
260:
252:
250:
241:
231:
219:EDGE Foundation
181:
161:
78:
56:Cleveland, Ohio
48:
24:quantum physics
17:
12:
11:
5:
809:
807:
799:
798:
793:
788:
783:
778:
773:
768:
763:
758:
753:
748:
743:
738:
733:
723:
722:
717:
716:
692:
689:on 2023-10-02.
670:
658:New York Times
645:
634:
623:
611:
600:
581:(4): 457–469.
561:
530:
501:(1): 129–138.
481:
453:
429:
411:M. B. Ruskai.
398:
373:
349:
325:
313:
280:
279:
278:
277:
258:
239:
230:
227:
180:
177:
160:
157:
77:
74:
47:
44:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
808:
797:
794:
792:
789:
787:
784:
782:
779:
777:
774:
772:
769:
767:
764:
762:
759:
757:
754:
752:
749:
747:
744:
742:
739:
737:
734:
732:
729:
728:
726:
706:
702:
696:
693:
688:
684:
683:mbruskai.info
680:
674:
671:
659:
655:
649:
646:
643:
638:
635:
632:
627:
624:
620:
615:
612:
609:
604:
601:
596:
592:
588:
584:
580:
576:
572:
565:
562:
558:
547:
543:
542:
534:
531:
526:
522:
518:
514:
509:
504:
500:
496:
492:
485:
482:
470:
463:
457:
454:
443:
439:
433:
430:
419:on 2023-10-02
418:
414:
407:
405:
403:
399:
387:
383:
377:
374:
363:
359:
353:
350:
339:
335:
329:
326:
322:
317:
314:
308:
303:
299:
295:
291:
285:
282:
274:
270:
263:
259:
249:on 2023-07-29
248:
244:
240:
237:
233:
232:
228:
226:
224:
220:
215:
212:
210:
206:
202:
198:
194:
190:
186:
178:
176:
174:
170:
166:
158:
156:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
134:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
101:
99:
95:
91:
87:
83:
75:
73:
71:
70:
65:
61:
57:
53:
45:
43:
41:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
708:. Retrieved
704:
695:
687:the original
682:
673:
662:. Retrieved
660:. 2015-06-12
657:
648:
637:
626:
614:
603:
578:
574:
564:
556:
550:. Retrieved
545:
540:
533:
498:
494:
484:
473:. Retrieved
471:. 2022-11-19
468:
456:
445:. Retrieved
442:worldcat.org
441:
432:
421:. Retrieved
417:the original
390:. Retrieved
388:. 2008-08-21
385:
376:
365:. Retrieved
362:awm-math.org
361:
352:
341:. Retrieved
337:
328:
316:
297:
293:
284:
272:
268:
251:. Retrieved
247:the original
235:
222:
216:
213:
192:
182:
162:
137:Georgia Tech
102:
79:
67:
49:
19:
18:
736:2023 deaths
731:1944 births
546:youtube.com
338:www.aps.org
167:proved the
165:Elliot Lieb
725:Categories
710:2024-04-05
664:2023-10-10
552:2014-09-20
475:2023-10-10
447:2023-10-10
423:2023-07-29
392:2023-10-10
367:2023-07-29
343:2019-09-25
253:2023-10-10
229:References
109:Bell Labs
62:from the
46:Education
207:and the
159:Research
147:and the
583:Bibcode
513:Bibcode
469:uvm.edu
294:Science
185:wavelet
127:), the
143:, the
119:, the
111:, the
76:Career
38:, and
503:arXiv
465:(PDF)
265:(PDF)
191:gave
28:AAAS
591:doi
521:doi
499:259
302:doi
298:258
133:NYU
131:at
105:MIT
54:in
40:AWM
36:APS
32:AMS
727::
703:.
681:.
656:.
589:.
579:82
577:.
573:.
555:.
544:.
519:.
511:.
497:.
493:.
467:.
440:.
401:^
384:.
360:.
336:.
296:.
292:.
273:44
271:.
267:.
211:.
139:,
135:,
115:,
107:,
100:.
72:.
42:.
34:,
30:,
713:.
667:.
597:.
593::
585::
527:.
523::
515::
505::
478:.
450:.
426:.
395:.
370:.
346:.
310:.
304::
256:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.