Carolyn S. Gordon

Carolyn S. Gordon
Carolyn S. Gordon
	Gordon in 2016
Born	December 26, 1950; Charleston, West Virginia
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis
Known for	Inverse spectral problems, homogeneous spaces
Awards	Mathematical Association of America Chauvenet Prize; Noether Lecture; Fellow of the American Mathematical Society; Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science; Fellow of Association for Women in Mathematics; President of the Association for Women in Mathematics;
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Dartmouth College
Doctoral advisor	Edward Nathan Wilson

Carolyn S. Gordon (born 1950) is a mathematician and Benjamin Cheney Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth College. She is most well known for giving a negative answer to the question "Can you hear the shape of a drum?" in her work with David Webb and Scott A. Wolpert. She is a Chauvenet Prize winner and a 2010 Noether Lecturer.

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