Marilda A. Oliveira Sotomayor (born March 13, 1944) is a Brazilian mathematician and economist known for her research on auction theory and stable matchings.[1] She is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences,[2] Brazilian Society of Econometrics, and Brazilian Society of Mathematics. She was elected fellow of the Econometric Society in 2003[3] and international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.[4]
Marilda Sotomayor | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 13, 1944 |
| Spouse | Jorge Sotomayor Tello |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Mathematics Market design |
| Institution | University of São Paulo |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PhD) Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (MD) Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (BS) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Website | www |
Education
editSotomayor grew up in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She began her education at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro where she received her degree in Mathematics in 1967. Sotomayor continued her education at Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics where she received her master's degree in Mathematics in 1972. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in 1981.[5]
Areas of interest
editMarilda Sotomayor specializes in game theory, matching markets, and market design. She is the only expert in both game theory and matching markets in Brazil.[5]
Personal
editSotomayor married Jorge Sotomayor and had two children, a son and a daughter.[5]
Selected works
edit- Roth, A.E.; Sotomayor, M.A.O. (1992). Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis. Econometric Society Monographs. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43788-2.[6]
References
edit- ^ Coelho, Danilo; Pérez-Castrillo, David (2015-11-25). "On Marilda Sotomayor's extraordinary contribution to matching theory". Journal of Dynamics and Games. 2 (3/4): 201–206. doi:10.3934/jdg.2015001.
- ^ "Marilda Antonia de Oliveira Sotomayor – ABC". Brazilian Academy of Sciences (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ "Fellows of the Econometric Society 1950 to 2018". The Econometric Society. Retrieved 2019-04-03.
- ^ "New Members Elected in 2020". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "Marilda Sotomayor". Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ Reviews of Two-Sided Matching: A Study in Game-Theoretic Modeling and Analysis:
- Wieczorek, A. zbMATH. Zbl 0726.90003.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Moldovanu, B. (January 1992). "Review". Journal of Economics. 55: 116–117. ProQuest 1299512649.
- Rothblum, Uriel G. (January 1992). Games and Economic Behavior. 4 (1): 161–165. doi:10.1016/0899-8256(92)90011-g.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Bergstrom, Theodore C. (June 1992). Journal of Economic Literature. 30 (2): 896–898. JSTOR 2727713.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Kirman, Alan P. (July 1992). The Economic Journal. 102 (413): 975–976. doi:10.2307/2234601. JSTOR 2234601.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Winters, Jan Kees (October 1992). European Journal of Political Economy. 8 (3): 510–514. doi:10.1016/0176-2680(92)90017-b.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Kamecke, Ulrich (November 1992). Economica. New Series. 59 (236): 487–489. doi:10.2307/2554894. JSTOR 2554894.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Potters, Jos (1993). Mathematical Reviews. MR 1119308.
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- Wieczorek, A. zbMATH. Zbl 0726.90003.
External links
edit- Marilda Sotomayor publications indexed by Google Scholar