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Sarah Hart is a Professor Emerita of Mathematics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and held the Gresham Professorship of Geometry (2020–2024), the first woman to do so since its establishment in 1597. She specializes in group theory, the history of mathematics, and interdisciplinary connections between mathematics and culture. Her research explores topics like Coxeter groups, sum-free sets, and mathematical influences in literature and music. Hart is renowned for her public outreach efforts, including popular lectures at Gresham College and her book Once Upon a Prime, examining links between mathematics and literature. She has also served as President of the British Society for the History of Mathematics.
Education:
- MA (Mathematics), Balliol College, Oxford, 1996
- MSc (Mathematics), University of Manchester, 1997
- PhD (Mathematics), UMIST, 2000
Research Interests: Mathematics and culture, group theory, history of mathematics, Coxeter groups, commuting graphs, and mathematical influences in literature and music.
Awards/Honors:
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE), 2008
Media Engagement: Regular public speaker at literary festivals, radio shows (e.g., BBC Radio 4), and podcasts (e.g., Freakonomics). Notable lectures include 'The Mathematics of Musical Composition' and 'Where Do Mathematical Symbols Come From?'
Grants/Teams: Member of the London Mathematical Society, EPSRC peer review college, and former library committee member of the LMS.
Labs/Teams: Collaborations with researchers like Chimere Anabanti, Amal Sbeiti Clarke, and others on group theory and algebraic structures.
