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Jennifer S. Balakrishnan
Born(1977-05-03)3 May 1977
EducationHarvard University (BSc)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
SpouseVivek Venkatachalam
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions
Thesis Coleman integration for hyperelliptic curves: algorithms and applications
Doctoral advisorKiran Kedlaya

Jennifer S. Balakrishnan is an American number theorist. She is best known for her identification of the rational solutions to the cursed curve, a Diophantine equation, as well as the development and implementation of algorithms in Computational number theory.

Life and career

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Jennifer Shyamala Sayaka Balakrishnan was born to Shizuko and Narayana Balakrishnan, a professor at the University of Guam. She obtained bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics from Harvard University. In 2011, she received a PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology,[1] Her thesis supervisor was Kiran Kedlaya. Her thesis was titled Coleman integration for hyperelliptic curves: algorithms and applications.[2]

In May 2011, Balakrishnan married Vivek Venkatachalam.[1]

In September 2011, Balakrishnan began a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard.[1]

Between 2013–2016, Balakrishnan was a Titchmarsh Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. In 2016, Balakrishnan was awarded the Clare Booth Luce assistant professorship at Boston University. Her research work as well as mentorship of young women mathematicians at Oxford was lauded.[3]

Research

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Selected works

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  • Balakrishnan, J.; et al. (2017). "Computing integral points on hyperelliptic curves using quadratic Chabauty". Math. Comp. 86. doi:10.1090/mcom/3130.
  • Balakrishnan, J.; et al. (2016). "Constructing genus 3 hyperelliptic Jacobians with CM". LMS J. Comput. Math. 19 (A). doi:10.1112/S1461157016000322.
  • Balakrishnan, J.; et al. (2015). "p-adic heights of Heegner points and Λ-adic regulators". Math. Comp. 84. doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-2014-02876-7.
  • Balakrishnan, J.; et al. (2013). "Comparing arithmetic intersection formulas for denominators of Igusa class polynomials". Women in Numbers 2: Research Directions in Number Theory, Contemp. Math. 606. AMS. doi:10.1090/conm/606/12140.
  • Balakrishnan, J.; et al. (2012). "Computing local p-adic height pairings on hyperelliptic curves". Int. Math. Res. Notices. 11. doi:10.1093/imrn/rnr111.
  • Balakrishnan, J.; et al. (2011). "Pairings on hyperelliptic curves". WIN– Women in Numbers. 60. Fields Inst. Comm. doi:10.1090/fic/060/05.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Weddings/Celebrations: Jennifer Balakrishnan and Vivek Venkatachalam". The New York Times. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Theses - Dept. of Mathematics → Mathematics - Ph.D. / Sc.D." DSpace@MIT. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ Sara Rimer (4 November 2016). "Young Mathematician Wins Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professorship". Retrieved 15 December 2017.


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