Ina Kersten (born 1946) [1] is a German mathematician and former president of the German Mathematical Society. Her research concerns abstract algebra including the theory of field extensions and algebraic groups. [2] She is a professor emerita at the University of Göttingen.
Kersten was born in Hamburg, [2] and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg in 1977. Her dissertation, p-Algebren über semilokalen Ringen, was supervised by Ernst Witt. [3] She completed a habilitation at the University of Regensburg in 1983. [4]
Kersten was president of the German Mathematical Society from 1995 to 1997, [2] which meant she was the first woman to head the society. [5] Under her leadership, the society founded the journal Documenta Mathematica. [6]
Ina Kersten (born 1946) [1] is a German mathematician and former president of the German Mathematical Society. Her research concerns abstract algebra including the theory of field extensions and algebraic groups. [2] She is a professor emerita at the University of Göttingen.
Kersten was born in Hamburg, [2] and earned her Ph.D. at the University of Hamburg in 1977. Her dissertation, p-Algebren über semilokalen Ringen, was supervised by Ernst Witt. [3] She completed a habilitation at the University of Regensburg in 1983. [4]
Kersten was president of the German Mathematical Society from 1995 to 1997, [2] which meant she was the first woman to head the society. [5] Under her leadership, the society founded the journal Documenta Mathematica. [6]