Moalla, Fatma | |
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| Born | January 14, 1939 Tunis, Tunisia |
| Nationality | Tunisian |
Fatma Moalla is a Tunisian woman who was born on January 14th in 1939. She excelled in school and became a well known mathematician. The International Fatma Moalla Award for the Popularisation of Mathematics is now given in her honor.[1]
Biography
editFatma Moalla was born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1939.[2] Her father's name was Mohamed Moalla and he worked selling books.[3] She attended secondary school at Lycée de la Rue du Pacha.[4] In 1956, Moalla switched schools and began attending Lycée Carnot of Tunis where she chose to specialize in mathematics.[5] Moalla then attended university at "Institut des Hautes Études de Tunis...[and] She graduated with her mathematics degree in June 1960."[2] Moalla went to Paris to earn her Agrégation in 1961 even though France and Tunisia were in conflict at the time.[2]
Contributions
editMoalla has published papers on Finsler Spaces and geometry and worked as an assistant at Faculté des Sciences Mathématique, Physiques et Naturelles.[2]
Awards and Achievements
editThe International Fatma Moalla Award for the Popularisation of Mathematics is now given each year in honor of Fatma Moalla.[6]
- ^ "Fatma Moalla (1939-)". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ a b c d "Fatma Moalla (1939-)". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ "Fatma Moalla (1939-)". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ "Fatma Moalla (1939-)". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ "Fatma Moalla (1939-)". www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
- ^ "International Fatma Moalla Award | University of Tübingen". uni-tuebingen.de. Retrieved 2019-07-10.
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