Marilyn Breen
| Marilyn Breen | |
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| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Oklahoma |
| Alma mater | Clemson University |
| Thesis | A Determination of the Combinatorial Type of a Polytope by Radon Partitions (1997) |
| Doctoral advisor | William Ray Hare, Jr. |
| Doctoral students |
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| Known for | Geometry, polygons |
| Notable awards |
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Marilyn Janet Breen is a professor of mathematics at the University of Oklahoma.[1] Her research involves geometry, including visibility and orthogonal polygons.
Life and work
Breen graduated in 1966 from Agnes Scott College,[1] and received her Ph.D. from Clemson University in 1970 under the supervision of William Ray Hare, Jr.[2] She joined the Oklahoma faculty in 1971 and was promoted to full professor in 1982.[1]
Awards and honors
In her time at Rutger, Breen won several awards for teaching and research, including an "outstanding teacher" award.[3]
In 2012, Breen became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.[4]
Selected publications
- Breen, Marilyn Staircase kernels in orthogonal polygons. Arch. Math. (Basel) 59 (1992), no. 6, 588–594.
- Breen, Marilyn An improved Krasnoselʹskiĭ-type theorem for orthogonal polygons which are starshaped via staircase paths. J. Geom. 51 (1994), no. 1-2, 31–35.
- Breen, Marilyn; Kay, David C. General decomposition theorems for m-convex sets in the plane. Israel J. Math. 24 (1976), no. 3-4, 217–233.
References
- 1 2 3 Univ. of Oklahoma faculty listing, retrieved 2014-12-21.
- ↑ Marilyn Breen at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Retired Faculty of the OU Math Department". Retrieved Feb 1, 2015.
- ↑ List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
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