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Mina Aganagić

Mina Aganagić is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mina Aganagić rather than just read about it. In short: Mina Aganagić is a mathematical physicist who works as a professor at the Center for Theoretical Physics, the Department of Mathematics, and the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley. Career Aganagić was raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.

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Reference excerpt

Mina Aganagić is a mathematical physicist who works as a professor at the Center for Theoretical Physics, the Department of Mathematics, and the Department of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley.

Career Aganagić was raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. She has a bachelor's degree and a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology, in 1995 and 1999 respectively; her PhD advisor was John Henry Schwarz. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard University physics department from 1999 to 2003. She then joined the physics faculty at the University of Washington, where she became a Sloan Research Fellow and a DOE Outstanding Junior Investigator. She moved to UC Berkeley in 2004. In 2016 the Simons Foundation gave her a Simons Investigator Award and the same year American Physical Society had awarded her with its fellowship.

Research She is known for applying string theory to various problems in mathematics, including knot theory (refined Chern–Simons theory),[3] enumerative geometry,[2] mirror symmetry,[1][4] and the geometric Langlands correspondence.[5]

Selected publications Aganagić, Mina; Vafa, Cumrun (2000), Mirror symmetry, D-branes and counting holomorphic discs, arXiv:hep-th/0012041, Bibcode:2000hep.th...12041A Aganagić, Mina; Klemm, Albrecht; Mariño, Marcos; Vafa, Cumrun (2005), "The topological vertex", Communications in Mathematical Physics, 254 (2): 425–478, arXiv:hep-th/0305132, Bibcode:2005CMaPh.254..425A, doi:10.1007/s00220-004-1162-z, MR 2117633, S2CID 12221793 Aganagić, Mina; Shakirov, Shamil (2011), Knot homology from refined Chern–Simons theory, arXiv:1105.5117, Bibcode:2011arXiv1105.5117A Aganagić, Mina; Vafa, Cumrun (2012), Large N duality, mirror symmetry, and a Q-deformed A-polynomial for knots, arXiv:1204.4709, Bibcode:2012arXiv1204.4709A Aganagić, Mina; Frenkel, Edward; Okounkov, Andrei (2017), Quantum q-Langlands Correspondence, arXiv:1701.03146, Bibcode:2017arXiv170103146A

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mina Aganagić

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mina Aganagić claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mina Aganagić before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mina Aganagić ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mina Aganagić

In research: Mina Aganagić appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mina Aganagić in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mina Aganagić is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century American mathematicians, 21st-century American women mathematicians, 21st-century American women scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mina Aganagić outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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