Russian mathematician | Sofia Kovalevskaya Award (2006), Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2016), EMS Prize (2008) | University of
Daina Taimiņa (Daina Taimina)
- Riga: August 19, 1954 celebration


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Daina Taimina -
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United States, Latvia -
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Daina Taimiņa (Daina Taimina) -
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Riga: August 19, 1954 -
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engineering Field of Work
- mathematics
- geometry
- topology
- history of mathematics
- crocheting
- hyperbolic geometry
- automata theory
- handicraft
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school Education
- University of Latvia
- Riga State Gymnasium No.1
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- Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year (2009)
- Euler Book Prize (2012)
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- Knitting adventures with hyperbolic planes
- American Latvian-born mathematician | Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year (2009), Euler Book Prize (2012) | Knitting adventures with hyperbolic planes