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Peregrina Quintela Estévez

Peregrina Quintela Estévez is a mathematics 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 Peregrina Quintela Estévez rather than just read about it. In short: Peregrina Quintela Estévez (born 1960) is a Spanish applied mathematician. She is a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, the founding director of the Spanish Network for Mathematics and Industry, and the winner of the 2016 María Josefa Wonenburger Planells prize of the Galician government.

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Reference excerpt

Peregrina Quintela Estévez (born 1960) is a Spanish applied mathematician. She is a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Santiago de Compostela, the founding director of the Spanish Network for Mathematics and Industry, and the winner of the 2016 María Josefa Wonenburger Planells prize of the Galician government.

Education and career Quintela earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1982, a PhD from the Autonomous University of Madrid in 1986, and a second doctorate from the University of Paris in 1988. Her 1988 dissertation, Sur Quelques Question D'elasticité Non Linéaire et de Théorie de Plaques [On Some Questions of Nonlinear Elasticity and Plate Theory] was supervised by Philippe G. Ciarlet. She has been chair of the Spanish Network for Mathematics and Industry since it was founded in 2011. She is also director of the Technological Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITMATI), founded in 2013.

Books With four co-authors, Quintela wrote the book TransMath: Innovative Solutions from Mathematical Technology (Springer, 2012) on technology transfer in mathematics. She is also the author of two books on MATLAB published through her university, and of two Spanish-language textbooks on differential equations and on numerical methods in engineering, published by Tórculo Ediciones in 2000 and 2001, as well as the editor of several conference proceedings.

Recognition In 2016, the Government of Galicia gave Quintela their María Josefa Wonenburger Planells prize, given "to highlight the outstanding careers of women in the field of science and technology".

References

Further reading Luaña, Susana (4 June 2018), "La inteligencia, la natural o la artificial, se adueñará de todo", La Voz de Galicia (interview) Almodóvar Santiago, María (7 June 2019), "Peregrina Quintela: "Matemáticas tiene una tasa de paro prácticamente nula"", El Correo Gallego (interview)

External links Home page Peregrina Quintela Estévez publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Peregrina Quintela Estévez

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Peregrina Quintela Estévez claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, 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 Peregrina Quintela Estévez 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 Peregrina Quintela Estévez 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 Peregrina Quintela Estévez

In research: Peregrina Quintela Estévez appears in mathematics 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 Peregrina Quintela Estévez 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: Peregrina Quintela Estévez is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1960 births, 20th-century Spanish mathematicians, 21st-century Spanish mathematicians, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Peregrina Quintela Estévez 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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Frequently asked questions

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